Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing Woods handing letters to pilot, August 31, 1927

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Title	Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing Woods handing letters to pilot, August 31, 1927
Description	Photograph of the Inauguration of the Air Express Service of the American Railway Express Company at Vail Field, l to r, Pilot Maurice Graham, T. A. Woods, August 31, 1927. Woods is posed handing avocados, packages and letters to the pilot who is in an open cockpit. Woods is bald with a dark suit and tie on. The pilot wears a lightly-colored shirt and smiles. A stack of packages and avocados sits by Woods.
Subject	Vail Field
Subject (adlf)	airport features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- General
Subject (lcsh)	Air mail service Aeronautics Airplanes Airports
Subject (corporate name)	American Railway Express Company
Subject (personal name)	Graham, Maurice; Woods, T. A.
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	City of Commerce
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1927-08-31
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1927-08-31
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	36400
Call number	CHS-36400
Legacy record ID	chs-m12830; USC-2-1-1-12982
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-36400
Full text	QO>\ — MAM"
Archival file	chs_Volume80/CHS-36400.tiff

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