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Across the Atlantic... A Different Adventure - Part II
On August 12, 1918, the Post Office Department took over aerial postal service operations.
This map shows the branch lines between New York, Philadelphia and Washington, which were opened in 1918, as well as the last sections between New York, Chicago and San Francisco, which were opened in 1924.
Sections
May 15, 1918 |
New York-Philadelphia-Washington |
May 15, 1919 |
Chicaco-Cleveland |
September 8, 1920 |
Omaha-Sacramento |
August 16, 1920 |
Chicago-St. Louis |
December 1, 1920 |
Chicago-Minneapolis |
July 1, 1924 |
New York-Chicago-San Francisco |
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William C. "Big Bill" Hopson
He joined the U.S. airmail service on April 14, 1920, and helped set up the transcontinental airmail line. He took part in the momentous non-stop transcontinental flight, February 22 and 23, 1921, but was stranded by a snowstorm in Chicago.
Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Libraries |
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