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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution pilot airmail usps portrait e. hamilton lee ehamiltonlee united airlines unitedairlines post office postoffice flight suit flightsuit cold weather gear coldweathergear e. j. pearson ejpearson goggles airplanes pilots post office department postofficedepartment airmail pilots airmailpilots biplanes planes ''there are no old, bold, pilots'' therearenooldboldpilots postal service postalservice aviation aircraft airplane biplane aviator flight record flightrecord airmail pilot airmailpilot united airlime unitedairlime hamilto photo early photography earlyphotography early aviation earlyaviation pol plane sepia man flight fly hamilton lee hamiltonlee lee national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons monochrome Description: Airmail pilot E. Hamilton Lee poses in front of an airmail plane. Lee served as an airmail pilot for the Post Office Department from 1918 to 1927. After his airmail service ended, Lee flew for United Airlines, retiring from the company in 1949. At that time he had flown longer and farther than any other pilot alive. Creator/Photographer: E.J. Pearson Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1924 Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2006-16 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194268 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: Airmail pilot E. Hamilton Lee poses in front of an airmail plane. Lee served as an airmail pilot for the Post Office Department from 1918 to 1927. After his airmail service ended, Lee flew for United Airlines, retiring from the company in 1949. At that time he had flown longer and farther than any other pilot alive. Creator/Photographer: E.J. Pearson Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1924 Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2006-16 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194268 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
