Photograph of airmail hanger at Iowa City, Iowa

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Description
Airmail field at Iowa City, Iowa, which was part of the Post Office Department's first regularly scheduled airmail service, was one of the stops along the service's transcontinental flyway. The flyway connected New York City, New York to San Francisco, California through Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Iowa City and Des Moines, Iowa, Omaha and North Platte, Nebraska, Cheyenne, Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Elko and Reno, Nevada. The facility was constructed in 1918 and remains the oldest civil airport west of the Mississippi River that is still standing.
National Postal Museum,
Photographer: Unknown
Credit line
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
1921
Object number
A.2009-27
Type
Photographs
Medium
paper; photo-emulsion
Dimensions
Height x Width (unframed): 8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Place
Iowa
United States of America
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Record ID
npm_A.2009-27
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm86b713925-b41d-475a-a50b-0937c3bc7b52

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