Letter from Ford Motor Company Cleveland Branch Manager A.B. Pease regarding the First Commercial Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), February 1926
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After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
16 February 1925
Subject Date
15 February 1925
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.413.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Stamping (Marking)
Typewriting
Dimensions
Height: 7.375 in
Width: 8.375 in
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