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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, Pilot Maurice Graham, T. A. Woods, August 31, 1927. Woods is posed handing a bell to the pilot who sits in an open cockpit of a plane labeled "U.S. Air Mail". A large envelope is attached to the bell. Packages and boxes of avocados sit stacked next to Woods, a bald man wearing a dark suit and tie.
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 Woods, T. A Transportation--Air--Airports--General Vail Field Airport features
Time Period
1927-08-31
Place
California City of Commerce Los Angeles USA
Source
36396 [Accession number] CHS-36396 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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