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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution de havilland dehavilland airmail usps de havilland dh.4b dehavillanddh4b dh.4 dh4 dh.4b dh4b aviation aircraft airplane united airlines flyingest unitedairlinesflyingest man world helped establish world's first schdculed air transport system helpedestablishworldsfirstschdculedairtransportsystem aviator e. hamilton lee ehamiltonlee hamilton lee hamiltonlee lee national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons Description: E. Hamilton Lee autographed this photograph of himself in his de Havilland mail airplane. He playfully signed the photograph "to the verst first air mail supt my old boss" on July 7, 1949. The photograph was given to Benjamin Lipsner, the first superintendent of the US Airmail Service. Lee flew off and on for the Post Office Department for most of its 1918-1927 run. After his airmail service ended, Lee flew for United Airlines, retiring from the company in 1949. At the time of his retirement, he had flown longer and farther than any other pilot alive. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection Repository: National Postal Museum Gift line: Gift of Benjamin Lipsner Accession number: A.2008-3 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194355 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: E. Hamilton Lee autographed this photograph of himself in his de Havilland mail airplane. He playfully signed the photograph "to the verst first air mail supt my old boss" on July 7, 1949. The photograph was given to Benjamin Lipsner, the first superintendent of the US Airmail Service. Lee flew off and on for the Post Office Department for most of its 1918-1927 run. After his airmail service ended, Lee flew for United Airlines, retiring from the company in 1949. At the time of his retirement, he had flown longer and farther than any other pilot alive. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection Repository: National Postal Museum Gift line: Gift of Benjamin Lipsner Accession number: A.2008-3 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194355 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
