President Wilson at First Regularly Scheduled Airmail Service Ceremony
Description: Several Washington political officials were present at the Washington, D.C., polo grounds on May 15, 1918 to watch the takeoff of the first regularly scheduled airmail service. Washington, D.C. postmaster Merritt O. Chance is shown holding the mailbag. To his right is postmaster General Albert Burleson. Facing them are President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Culture: American
Geography: USA
Date: 1918
Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection
Repository: National Postal Museum
Accession number: A.2008-18
Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194370
President Wilson at First Regularly Scheduled Airmail Service Ceremony
Description: Several Washington political officials were present at the Washington, D.C., polo grounds on May 15, 1918 to watch the takeoff of the first regularly scheduled airmail service. Washington, D.C. postmaster Merritt O. Chance is shown holding the mailbag. To his right is postmaster General Albert Burleson. Facing them are President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Culture: American
Geography: USA
Date: 1918
Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection
Repository: National Postal Museum
Accession number: A.2008-18
Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194370