Object Details
Description
The Post Office Department operated the nation's first regularly scheduled airmail service. North Platte, Nebraska, was one of the stops along the service's transcontinental flyway. The flyway connected New York City, New York to San Francisco, California through Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Iowa City, Iowa; Omaha and North Platte, Nebraska;, Cheyenne, Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming; , Salt Lake City, Utah; and Elko and Reno, Nevada. The Department began using the North Platte airmail field on September 8, 1920. An airmail beacon stands to the left of the hangar and a truck marked "US Air Mail" is parked in front of the hanger.
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photographer: Unknown
Credit line
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
Date
c. 1924
Object number
A.2009-29
Type
Photographs
Medium
paper; photo-emulsion
Dimensions
Height x Width (unframed): 4 x 6 in. (10.16 x 15.24 cm)
Place
Nebraska
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
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Record ID
npm_A.2009-29