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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution man woman gardner kelly aviation aviator airmail 1920 coat boots plane airplane aircraft biplane pilot male aviator maleaviator 20 century woman 20centurywoman muriel kelly murielkelly hamilton plane hamiltonplane national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum edward v. gardner edwardvgardner edward gardner edwardgardner eddie gardner eddiegardner blackandwhite monochrome black and white Date: August 30, 1920 Object number: A.2009-6 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: Eddie Gardner was one of the first four civilian US airmail pilots. He began flying mail for the Post Office Department on August 12, 1918. His time with the service was turbulent and he left in April 1919. Gardner continued flying, spending time barnstorming and racing at air shows and fairs. In August 1920 he won Wisconsin's first Air Derby. He piloted an aircraft supplied by Thomas Hamilton of the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gardner's entry was staked by the Milwaukee Journal, and in return he carried a passenger, Muriel Kelly, a Journal reporter, during the race. Kelly and Gardner posed for this photograph before the race began. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207504 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: August 30, 1920 Object number: A.2009-6 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: Eddie Gardner was one of the first four civilian US airmail pilots. He began flying mail for the Post Office Department on August 12, 1918. His time with the service was turbulent and he left in April 1919. Gardner continued flying, spending time barnstorming and racing at air shows and fairs. In August 1920 he won Wisconsin's first Air Derby. He piloted an aircraft supplied by Thomas Hamilton of the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gardner's entry was staked by the Milwaukee Journal, and in return he carried a passenger, Muriel Kelly, a Journal reporter, during the race. Kelly and Gardner posed for this photograph before the race began. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207504 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
