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Description
Photograph of the Inauguration of the Air Express Service of the American Railway Express Company at Vail Field, August 31, 1927. Two women put their pearls in a safe destined to be shipped. A young man in a lightly-colored suit and a second man in a dark suit and hat lift the safe towards the plane behind them. Pilot Maurice Graham is in the cockpit at right.
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 Graham, Maurice Transportation--Air--Airports--General Vail Field Airport features
Time Period
1927-08-31
Place
California City of Commerce Los Angeles USA
Source
36809 [Accession number] CHS-36809 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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