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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution pilot airmail usps postmaster thomas g. patten thomasgpatten curtiss jn-4h curtissjn4h jenny washingtondc torrey h. webb torreyhwebb lieutenant torrey h. webb lieutenanttorreyhwebb airplanes biplanes pilots airmail pilots airmailpilots airmail airplanes airmailairplanes post office department postofficedepartment howard culver howardculver lieutenant howard culver lieutenanthowardculver walter miller waltermiller lieutenant walter miller lieutenantwaltermiller stephen bonsal stephenbonsal lieutenant stephen bonsal lieutenantstephenbonsal 38278 the day the airmail began thedaytheairmailbegan curtiss jenny curtissjenny jn-4 jn4 jn-4h jn4h aviation aircraft early biplane earlybiplane long island longisland airmail flights airmailflights piolet webb torrey webb torreywebb thomas patten thomaspatten patten aviator national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum belmont park belmontpark elmont a.s. 38278 as38278 jn-4ht jn4ht jn-4hm jn4hm airplane biplane curtiss aeroplane company curtissaeroplanecompany curtiss curtiss jn jenny curtissjnjenny curtiss jn curtissjn jn curtiss jn-4 jenny curtissjn4jenny curtiss jn-4 curtissjn4 jn-4 jenny jn4jenny curtiss jn-4h jenny curtissjn4hjenny jn-4h jenny jn4hjenny curtiss jn-4ht jenny curtissjn4htjenny curtiss jn-4ht curtissjn4ht jn-4ht jenny jn4htjenny curtiss jn-4hm jenny curtissjn4hmjenny curtiss jn-4hm curtissjn4hm mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons Description: Postmaster Patten is photographed handing Lt. Webb a bag of airmail letters for one of the first regularly scheduled airmail flights in the United States. On May 15, 1918, the United States officially established airmail service between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., under the direction of the Post Office Department, using army aircraft and pilots. The army pilots chosen to fly that day were Lieutenants Howard Culver, Torrey Webb, Walter Miller and Stephen Bonsal. Lt. Torrey Webb carried the first day's mail in this Curtiss Jenny aircraft numbered 38278 from a temporary airmail field at Belmont Park, Long Island, New York to Bustleton Field, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1918 Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2008-15 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194367 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: Postmaster Patten is photographed handing Lt. Webb a bag of airmail letters for one of the first regularly scheduled airmail flights in the United States. On May 15, 1918, the United States officially established airmail service between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., under the direction of the Post Office Department, using army aircraft and pilots. The army pilots chosen to fly that day were Lieutenants Howard Culver, Torrey Webb, Walter Miller and Stephen Bonsal. Lt. Torrey Webb carried the first day's mail in this Curtiss Jenny aircraft numbered 38278 from a temporary airmail field at Belmont Park, Long Island, New York to Bustleton Field, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1918 Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2008-15 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194367 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
