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1983.10.3763.1
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Two women and a Boeing mail plane, circa 1927
Order an ImageTranscontinental airmail service began in 1924. In 1927, Boeing Air Transport, Inc. won the contract to fly mail between Chicago and San Francisco. The lightweight Boeing mail plane was built of fabric-covered wood and metal tubing. Its single pilot sat in an open cockpit. The plane had two mail compartments, one of which could be used for up to two passengers.
This photo, probably taken in 1927, shows two women waving from a Model 40A mail plane in the Boeing factory.
Webster & Stevens number: 127406
This photo, probably taken in 1927, shows two women waving from a Model 40A mail plane in the Boeing factory.
Webster & Stevens number: 127406
ID Number: 1983.10.3763.1
Date: Circa 1927
Creator(s):
Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : nitrate, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.3763.1
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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