Dickinson's First Airmail

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Title

Dickinson's First Airmail

Description

Two men are shaking hands in front of a Northwest Airways Inc. airmail plane. The men shaking hands and the other men surrounding them are all wearing various hats, coats, dress pants, and dress shoes. The man with the mail in his hands, is probably the pilot. Part of a woman is seen in the background. The numbers 7791 are seen on the tail of the airplane. The sign on the side of the plane reads Northwest Airways Inc. U.S. Airmail-Express, Passenger Service. Exact date and location unknown. Not Identified.

Creator

Osborn

Rights

This image cannot be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center. This image may be freely used for education uses, so long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image file is permitted without written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center.

Format

jpg, tiff

Medium

black and white photographic print

Identifier

2010-018-034

Spatial Coverage

Dickinson, ND

Provenance

Osborn, Lawton E. Sr.

Rights Holder

Copyright Southwestern North Dakota Museum Foundation and Dickinson Museum Center

Original Format

Photographic prints

Physical Dimensions

5" x 7"

Text

OSBORN / DICKINSON / N.D.

Cataloguer's Notes

Title created by Dickinson Museum Center.
2010-018-229 is the same photo and had a note attached to the back of it, "R.S. Brauer, Asst. Supt. airmail service congratulating / Wm. Lenneville, Postmaster, Dickinson, N.D. at the / inauguration of Airmail service to Dickinson. / From left to right Henry Aberson, airport Supt; Wm. Lennevile / postmaster; Chas Eastgate, Sec Dickinson Business Assoc. / R.S. Brauer Asst. Supt. Airmail service; H.A. Mackoff, / instrument in getting airmail service for Dickinson."

Physical Location

Osborn Album #1

Ordering Info

http://dickinsonmuseumcenter.com/fees/ ?

Comments

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>

Collection

Citation

Osborn, “Dickinson's First Airmail,” Southwestern North Dakota Digital Archive At the Dickinson Museum Center, accessed April 20, 2024, https://dmc.omeka.net/items/show/604.