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Los Angeles Airways helicopter landing on the roof of Los Angeles Post Office Terminal Annex, first helicopter air-mail, 1947

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Title: Los Angeles Airways helicopter landing on the roof of Los Angeles Post Office Terminal Annex, first helicopter air-mail, 1947
Date Created and/or Issued: October 2, 1947
1947-10-02
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: NEW MAIL SERVICE -- Los Angeles Airways helicopter shown landing on the roof of Terminal Annex Post Office yesterday to inaugurate helicopter air-mail service, the first of its kind in th United States. Two flights daily are planned on this run with another to start Oct. 16.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b25_48087
ark:/21198/zz0002t40v
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Air mail service--California--Los Angeles
Transportation
Helicopters--Landing--California--Los Angeles
Metropolitan helicopter services--California--Los Angeles
Sikorsky helicopters
Los Angeles Airways, Inc
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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