Pilots readying an aircraft for the first air mail flight by Western Air Express, April 17, 1926

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Title	Pilots readying an aircraft for the first air mail flight by Western Air Express, April 17, 1926
Description	Photograph of pilots readying an aircraft for the first air mail flight by Western Air Express, April 17, 1926. A line of four identical Douglass M-2 biplanes starts at center and extends into the distance at left. In front of the foremost plane, a group of men is standing near a pile of large mail sacks, and still more people are standing in front of a large mail truck at right. The truck is an early-model vehicle with a cargo area enclosed with wire. The ground is covered with rough grass.
Subject	Western Air Express
Subject (adlf)	airport features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Air -- General
Subject (lcsh)	Air mail service Aeronautics Airplanes
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	City of Commerce
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1926-04-17
Contributor	Barnett, Clyde
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1926-04-17
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	13048
Call number	CHS-13048
Microfiche number	1-102-42
Legacy record ID	chs-m12836; USC-1-1-1-12988
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
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-13048
Archival file	chs_Volume80/CHS-13048.tiff

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