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Photograph of the first flight inaugurating contract air mail from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 17, 1926

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Date

1926-04-17

Description

A black and white photograph of a crowd gathering for the first flight inaugurating contract air mail in Las Vegas. A stamp in the top left corner reads: "First flight inaugurating contract air mail, Las Vegas - Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Nevada April 17, 1926 10:40 a.m." Handwritten on the bottom right corner is: "first mail plane Las Vegas April 17 '26." Three individuals on the right side of the photo are labled: Mayor Hesse, and the Rockwell brothers, owners of the airfield. The Rockwell brothers purchased Anderson Field in 1925 and renamed it Rockwell Field.

Digital ID

pho020328

Physical Identifier

0066_0003
Details

Citation

pho020328. Stanley W. Paher Photograph Collection. PH-00066. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d18g8fn60.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Extent

3015 x 2444 pixels
10.05 x 8.15 inches
22,106,860 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff