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Description
Photograph of the Inauguration of the Air Express Service of the American Railway Express Company at Vail Field, l to r, J.F. Baker, Pilot Maurice Graham, L. P. Bergman, George Morris, T. A. Woods, August 31, 1927. The men are posed handing avocados, packages and letters to the pilot who is in an open cockpit. A man in a lightly-colored suit squats on the plane, assisting in handing the packages to the pilot.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
Air mail service Aeronautics Airplanes Airports American Railway Express Company Baker, J. F Graham, Maurice Bergman, L. P Morris, George Woods, T. A Transportation--Air--Airport--General Vail Field Airport features
Time Period
1927-08-31
Place
California City of Commerce Los Angeles USA
Source
36397 [Accession number] CHS-36397 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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