Postal history

Photo gallery — Airmail

  • First authorized mail flight, 1911
    First authorized mail flight, 1911
  • Postmaster general and pilot, 1911
    Postmaster general and pilot, 1911
  • First airmail service, 1918
    First airmail service, 1918
  • First airmail service, 1918
    First airmail service, 1918
  • First airmail service, 1918
    First airmail service, 1918
  • First airmail service, 1918
    First airmail service, 1918
  • First airmail flight from New York, 1918
    First airmail flight from New York, 1918
  • Crashed plane, 1918
    Crashed plane, 1918
  • Standard JR-1B mail planes, 1918
    Standard JR-1B mail planes, 1918
  • Airmail personnel, 1918
    Airmail personnel, 1918
  • First civilian airmail flight, 1918
    First civilian airmail flight, 1918
  • Postmaster with pilot, 1918
    Postmaster with pilot, 1918
  • Pilot Max Miller, 1918
    Pilot Max Miller, 1918
  • Pilot Katherine Stinson, ca. 1918
    Pilot Katherine Stinson, ca. 1918
  • First international mail flight, 1919
    First international mail flight, 1919
  • Airmail pilot and postal officials, 1919
    Airmail pilot and postal officials, 1919
  • Swinging the prop, 1920s
    Swinging the prop, 1920s
  • Airmail pilot, 1920s
    Airmail pilot, 1920s
  • Aviation engineer, pilot, & airmail official, early 1920s
    Aviation engineer, pilot, & airmail official, early 1920s
  • Airmail pilot with editors, 1921
    Airmail pilot with editors, 1921
  • Airmail pilot, 1922
    Airmail pilot, 1922
  • Crashed plane, 1922
    Crashed plane, 1922
  • Pilot Lawrence Garrison, ca. 1922
    Pilot Lawrence Garrison, ca. 1922
  • Testing transcontinental service, 1923
    Testing transcontinental service, 1923
  • Airfield, 1923
    Airfield, 1923
  • Omaha airfield, ca. 1924
    Omaha airfield, ca. 1924
  • Beacon tower, ca. 1924
    Beacon tower, ca. 1924
  • Pilot Ben Eielson in Alaska, 1924
    Pilot Ben Eielson in Alaska, 1924
  • Loading airmail, ca. 1925
    Loading airmail, ca. 1925
  • Pilot Slim Lewis over Iowa, 1925
    Pilot Slim Lewis over Iowa, 1925
  • Preparing for overnight flight, ca. 1925
    Preparing for overnight flight, ca. 1925
  • Pilot Charles Lindbergh, 1926
    Pilot Charles Lindbergh, 1926
  • Loading airmail, 1930
    Loading airmail, 1930
  • Flying mail boat, 1933
    Flying mail boat, 1933
  • Airmail poster, 1938
    Airmail poster, 1938
  • Airmail by jet plane, 1959
    Airmail by jet plane, 1959
  • Eagle Air Network cargo jets, 1997
    Eagle Air Network cargo jets, 1997