"Cleveland Greets the First Night Mail Plane," July 1, 1924
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Early pilots depended on visual landmarks, preventing reliable nighttime navigation. When the postal service took to the skies with transcontinental mail delivery, a lighted pathway was formed to guide pilots at night. Throughout the 1920s, a series of powerful light beacons was built, eventually stretching from New York to San Francisco. This image celebrates Cleveland's first night mail flight.
Early pilots depended on visual landmarks, preventing reliable nighttime navigation. When the postal service took to the skies with transcontinental mail delivery, a lighted pathway was formed to guide pilots at night. Throughout the 1920s, a series of powerful light beacons was built, eventually stretching from New York to San Francisco. This image celebrates Cleveland's first night mail flight.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
01 July 1924
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2001.0.107.26
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
handwritten in image: 489 / Cleveland greets first night mail plane / July 1-1924
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