0.05 Cubic feet (1 oversized folder, Gelatin silver print panoramic photograph, faded and yellowed overall, severely damaged with several sections (mostly of sky area) broken off and missing, broken into two large pieces; annotations in black ink in lower border, with longer annotation on one end of reverse; surface dirt. , 10 x 66 inches)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
One gelatin silver print panoramic photograph, 10 x 66 inches; front view of five modified Bellanca de Havilland DH-4 Mailplanes on the ground, with the pilots and related crew standing in front of each aircraft; 1921. The aircraft are shown on an unidentified Nevada airfield, somewhere on the western branch of the early US Air Mail route.
Rights
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Restrictions
Physical access is restricted due to the fragility of the print; appointment required to view original.
Citation
Bellanca de Havilland DH-4 Mailplane Modified and Crew Panoramic Photograph, Acc. NASM.2008.0006, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Air mail service Aeronautics Bellanca De Havilland DH-4 Mailplane, Modified