MAKE A MEME View Large Image Airmail field at Iowa City, Iowa, which was part of the Post Office Department's first regularly scheduled airmail service, was one of the stops along the service's transcontinental flyway. The flyway connected New York City, New York to ...
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Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution aviation air mail airmail us mail usmail beacon iowa city iowacity iowa city, iowa iowacityiowa iowa city, ia iowacityia iowa hangar airmail field iowa city first 1918 oldest airmailfieldiowacityfirst1918oldest national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum outdoor Date: 1921 Object number: A.2009-27 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: Airmail field at Iowa City, Iowa, which was part of the Post Office Department's first regularly scheduled airmail service, was one of the stops along the service's transcontinental flyway. The flyway connected New York City, New York to San Francisco, California through Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Iowa City and Des Moines, Iowa, Omaha and North Platte, Nebraska, Cheyenne, Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Elko and Reno, Nevada. The facility was constructed in 1918 and remains the oldest civil airport west of the Mississippi River that is still standing. National Postal Museum, Photographer: Unknown Place: Iowa      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=207525 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: 1921 Object number: A.2009-27 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: Airmail field at Iowa City, Iowa, which was part of the Post Office Department's first regularly scheduled airmail service, was one of the stops along the service's transcontinental flyway. The flyway connected New York City, New York to San Francisco, California through Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Iowa City and Des Moines, Iowa, Omaha and North Platte, Nebraska, Cheyenne, Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Elko and Reno, Nevada. The facility was constructed in 1918 and remains the oldest civil airport west of the Mississippi River that is still standing. National Postal Museum, Photographer: Unknown Place: Iowa      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=207525 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.
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