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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution men airmail aviation delivery nighttime uniform goggles pose postal hadley field hadleyfield us mail usmail us air mail usairmail airplane aircraft biplane de havilland dehavilland de havilland d.h.4 dehavillanddh4 d.h.4 dh4 award captains black and white blackandwhite mail vintage airplane vintageairplane u.s mail plane usmailplane postage postal service postalservice photo night national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum aviator james dewitt hill jamesdewitthill james d. hill jamesdhill james hill jameshill j.d. hill jdhill hill air mail pilot airmailpilot black and white Date: July 1, 1925 Object number: A.2009-12 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: US Postmaster General Harry S. New posed with airmail pilot James D. Hill and an unidentified military officer for the start of regularly scheduled transcontinental night and day airmail flights. New is shown presenting Hill with a ceremonial bundle of mail that was added to the cargo. As Hill prepared to take off from Hadley Field, New Jersey, hundreds of cars lined the field with their headlines on, adding their lights to those of the field for his take off shortly before 9 pm. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&amp;cmd=1&amp;id=207510 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: July 1, 1925 Object number: A.2009-12 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: US Postmaster General Harry S. New posed with airmail pilot James D. Hill and an unidentified military officer for the start of regularly scheduled transcontinental night and day airmail flights. New is shown presenting Hill with a ceremonial bundle of mail that was added to the cargo. As Hill prepared to take off from Hadley Field, New Jersey, hundreds of cars lined the field with their headlines on, adding their lights to those of the field for his take off shortly before 9 pm. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207510 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. <b>Date</b>: July 1, 1925 <b>Object number</b>: A.2009-12 <b>Medium</b>: paper; photo-emulsion <b>Description</b>: US Postmaster General Harry S. New posed with airmail pilot James D. Hill and an unidentified military officer for the start of regularly scheduled transcontinental night and day airmail flights. New is shown presenting Hill with a ceremonial bundle of mail that was added to the cargo. As Hill prepared to take off from Hadley Field, New Jersey, hundreds of cars lined the field with their headlines on, adding their lights to those of the field for his take off shortly before 9 pm. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown <b>Place</b>: United States of America <b>See more items in</b>: National Postal Museum Collection <b>Credit line</b>: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection <b>Photographer</b>: Unknown <b>Persistent URL</b>:<a href="http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207510" rel="nofollow">http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207510</a> <b>Repository</b>:<a href="http://postalmuseum.si.edu" rel="nofollow">National Postal Museum</a> <a href="http://collections.si.edu" rel="nofollow"><b>View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.</b></a> blackandwhite men night pose airplane captains photo uniform mail aircraft aviation hill goggles award nighttime delivery postal jameshill aviator postage biplane postalservice airmail dehavilland smithsonianinstitution usmail nationalpostalmuseum vintageairplane dh4 usairmail dehavillanddh4 hadleyfield jdhill usmailplane jamesdewitthill airmailpilot jamesdhill James D Hill with airmail.jpg en US Postmaster General Harry S New posed with airmail pilot James D Hill and an unidentified military officer for the start of regularly scheduled transcontinental night and day airmail flights New is shown presenting Hill with a ceremonial bundle of mail that was added to the cargo As Hill prepared to take off from Hadley Field New Jersey hundreds of cars lined the field with their headlines on adding their lights to those of the field for his take off shortly before 9 pm on July 1 1925 2007-11-19 10 35 09 Smithsonian Institution https //www flickr com/photos/smithsonian/4010633665/in/photolist-77tmCA-77pxEi-77tws5-77tmJw-77tmnY-77tmfS-77pAyP-77pqVv-77pAnF-77pAt4-77pyba-77pxWi-77ttFW-77pqGv-77pBbT-77twTG-77twPb-77tmtu-77pyoV-77twjy author other versions cc-zero Hadley Field James DeWitt Hill | ||||
