NC-4 Transcontinental Flight cover

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

Description

This cover is the only piece of mail carried by the NC-4, the first airplane to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States to Portugal. An aviation machinist wrote the letter to his brother in the American Expeditionary Forces in France.

Date

May 8-27, 1919

Object number

1982.0681.1

Type

Covers & Associated Letters

Medium

paper; ink

Dimensions

Height x Width: 3 9/16 x 6 in. (9 x 15.2 cm)

Place of Destination

FRANCE (republic)

See more items in

National Postal Museum Collection

On View

Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

The Gilded Age (1877-1920)

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm870881e5f-cc4e-48b6-9ce8-c6acd062905c

Record ID

npm_1982.0681.1