Photograph
Northwest Airways Air Mail Delivery
| A Northwest Airways crew delivers a bag of airmail to Madison postmaster W.A. Devine. With him, posed in front of the Ford TriMotor, are pilots Elmer Wahl (left) and Lee Smith. A passenger can be seen in the plane window to Smith's right. |
| Image ID: | 10870 |
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| Creation Date: | 07 01 1933 |
| Creator Name: | McVicar, Angus B., 1903-1964 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Photo Copy Service photographs and negatives, 1925-1983 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6058.4120B |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| During the 1920s and 1930s federal airmail contracts often meant the difference between success and failure for commercial airlines. Thanks in part to its air mail contracts, Northwest Airways expanded its service across the upper northwest. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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