Cicero Airmail | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Cicero Airmail

Cicero Airmail | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
The first airmail shipment from Cicero Field to Wheaton and Elmhurst, Illinois. Postmaster MacDonald of Cicero is swearing-in pilots Max Lillie, Paul Studensky, and Marcel Tournier. Pioneer aviator Jesse Brabazon from Delavan, Wisconsin, who owned the album from which this photograph was copied, recalled attending the event and helping to carry mail bags to Max Lillie's Wright Model B.
DESCRIPTION
The first airmail shipment from Cicero Field to Wheaton and Elmhurst, Illinois. Postmaster MacDonald of Cicero is swearing-in pilots Max Lillie, Paul Studensky, and Marcel Tournier. Pioneer aviator Jesse Brabazon from Delavan, Wisconsin, who owned the album from which this photograph was copied, recalled attending the event and helping to carry mail bags to Max Lillie's Wright Model B.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:11797
Creation Date: 09 1912
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Chicago
County:
State:Illinois
Collection Name:Jesse Cyril Brabazon papers, 1912-1956
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:microfilm
Original Format Number:Micro 149 #429
Original Dimensions:35mm
SUBJECTS
Clothing and dress
Oaths
Rites and ceremonies
Men
Postal service
Indoor photography
Suits (Clothing)

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