Dickinson's First Airmail

Title

Dickinson's First Airmail

Description

The first airmail to Dickinson, ND. A Northwest Airways Inc. airplane with a line of cars in the background. There is a small, white, circular sticker with "1" on it in the lower right corner.

Creator

Osborn

Date

10/21/1933

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

2010-018-039

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"

Cataloguer's Notes

Title created by Dickinson Museum Center.

According to the Nov 2, 1933 issue of the Dickinson Press where some of Osborn's photos show the first regular stop on the Northwest Airways transcontinental route, this event occurred on Saturday October 21, 1933.

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 June 12, 2026, https://dmc.omeka.net/items/show/609.