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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution man standing girl goggles aviation aviator airmail sister brother edgerton 1918 bouquet smiles hat plane airplane curtiss curtiss aeroplane company curtissaeroplanecompany curtiss jn-4 curtissjn4 curtiss jn-4h curtissjn4h curtiss jn-4 jenny curtissjn4jenny curtiss jn-4h jenny curtissjn4hjenny curtiss jenny curtissjenny jn-4 jn4 jn-4h jn4h us mail usmail us air mail usairmail biplane aircraft child pilot national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum james c. edgerton jamescedgerton james edgerton jamesedgerton j.c. edgerton jcedgerton air mail pilot airmailpilot elizabeth edgerton elizabethedgerton blackandwhite monochrome black and white Date: May 18, 1918 Object number: A.2009-7 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: James C. Edgerton was an army lieutenant and pilot who helped get America's airmail service off the ground. Edgerton was one of a group of army air corps pilots who flew the mail for the Post Office Department from May 18 - August 8, 1918. On the first day of the service Edgerton flew from the mail from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Washington, DC. This photograph shows Lt. Edgerton posed in front of his Curtiss JN-4H "Jenny" mail airplane with his younger sister. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207505 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: May 18, 1918 Object number: A.2009-7 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: James C. Edgerton was an army lieutenant and pilot who helped get America's airmail service off the ground. Edgerton was one of a group of army air corps pilots who flew the mail for the Post Office Department from May 18 - August 8, 1918. On the first day of the service Edgerton flew from the mail from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Washington, DC. This photograph shows Lt. Edgerton posed in front of his Curtiss JN-4H "Jenny" mail airplane with his younger sister. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207505 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
