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[Air mail envelope commemorating Albany Air Meet]
Air mail envelope commemorating the Albany Air Meet, October 1928. Addressed to Gordon C. Lindsay in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Text from original exhibit label: "Airmail envelope commemorating the Albany Air Meet, 1928."

[Air mail envelope commemorating 15th anniversary of air mail service]
Air mail envelope commemorating the 15th anniversary of air mail service, May 15, 1933. Addressed to the National Cachet Publishing Service in Brooklyn, New York. Text from original exhibit label: "Airmail commemorating fifteen years of airmail…

[Air mail envelope commemorating U.S. Army air mail deliveries]
Air mail envelope commemorating the first day of the U.S. Army Air Corps taking over air mail deliveries, February 19, 1934. Addressed to Cal. E. D. Adams in San Francisco, California. Text on envelope: "The Army flies the mail. First day cover."

[Air mail envelope commemorating pilots who died while delivering the mail]
Air mail envelope commemorating pilots who died while delivering the mail, May 15, 1934. Addressed to Harold B. Wright in Hutchinson, Kansas. Text on envelope: "In memorium. U.S. Army. Pilots who died flying the mail. Memorial Day, 1934. Sponsored by…

[Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft]
Photograph of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920s. The text "U.S. Mail" is painted on the fuselage.

[Douglas M-4 Mailplane aircraft]
Photograph of a Douglas M-4 Mailplane aircraft parked in a field, circa 1920s.

[Men shaking hands in front of De Havilland D.H.4 aircraft]
Photograph of two men shaking hands in front of a U.S. Mail Service De Havilland D.H.4 aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s.

[Fokker CO-4 Mail aircraft]
Photograph of a Fokker CO-4 Mail aircraft at a snowy airfield, circa 1920s-1930s. Inscription: "Fokker C-4 mail plane."Inscription on envelope: "Mail plane".

[Boeing Model 40A air mail aircraft taking off from  Elko, Nevada]
Photograph of a Boeing Model 40A air mail aircraft taking off from Elko, Nevada en route for New York, circa July 1, 1927.Inscription on verso: "Air mail leaving Elko, Nevada for N. Y. About July 1st, 1927.1st day of Boeing's operation of…

[Waybill of mail dispatched from Vancouver, B.C. to Seattle, Washington by hydro-airplane, March 3, 1919]
Waybill of mail dispatched from Vancouver, B.C. to Seattle, Washington by hydro-airplane at 12:45pm, March 3, 1919. Includes handwritten note: "Received Seattle P.O. March 3, 1919, 4:20pm - C. M. Perkins, Supt. Mail." One typed page.
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