Object Details
Description
US Postmaster General Harry S. New posed with airmail pilot James D. Hill and an unidentified military officer for the start of regularly scheduled transcontinental night and day airmail flights. New is shown presenting Hill with a ceremonial bundle of mail that was added to the cargo. As Hill prepared to take off from Hadley Field, New Jersey, hundreds of cars lined the field with their headlines on, adding their lights to those of the field for his take off shortly before 9 pm.
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photographer: Unknown
Credit line
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
Date
July 1, 1925
Object number
A.2009-12
Type
Photographs
Medium
paper; photo-emulsion
Dimensions
Height x Width (unframed): 8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Place
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_A.2009-12