Object Details
- Physical Description
- Kelly Air Mail Act nib pen; wood handle with steel nib; the pen is displayed inside a wood presentation case with enscribed brass plaque.
- Summary
- Pen Used by President Calvin Coolidge to Sign the Contract Air Mail Act.
- The act authorized the postmaster general to contract domestic airmail services with commercial air carriers. It also created a set air mail rate and a level of cash subsidies to be paid to the companies carrying the mail. This act helped to create the commercial aviation industry.
- Credit Line
- Found in Collection. Donor Unknown at this Time.
- Inventory Number
- A19950812000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Events
- Materials
- Case - Wood
- Nib - Steel
- Pen Handle - Wood
- Bronze
- Glass
- Varnish
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 26.7 x 8.3 x 2.5cm (10 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 1 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- America by Air
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19950812000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97e199e6a-17ec-438e-9dcd-14ea82990bd8
