"First Flight Regular Mail" pouch
This pouch, signed by Chicago Postmaster Carl Schroeder, was one of...
24c Curtiss Jenny single on cover
Scott Catalogue USA: C3
Addressed to Dr. Chas. K. Cile, New York, New York. One U.S. stamp...
24c Curtiss Jenny single on cover
Scott Catalogue USA: C3
Addressed to Mrs. Robert Lane, Auburndale, Massachusetts. One U.S. stamp...
Advertisement for airmail service
The Post Office Department issued this airmail advertising pamphlet in...
This 1930s map illustrates airmail routes, marked in bold red stripes....
Aviation goggles used by pilot Eddie Gardner
Pilot Eddie Gardner was wearing these borrowed airmail goggles when he...
Chart of the Post Office’s first airmail flights
Benjamin Lipsner, superintendent of the Post Office Department’s airmail...
Beginning August 20, 1949, Air Mail Route No. 96 was the Chicago area...
Flight report by pilot James Edgerton
James C. Edgerton was one of the original U.S. Army pilots who flew the...
Letter of appointment for Benjamin Lipsner
This letter, dated July 2, 1918, is from Second Assistant Postmaster...