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Photograph of first mail flight, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1926

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Date

1926

Description

First mail flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Front left: Maury Graham, pilot; At scales: Harris M. "Pop" Hanshue, founder of Western Air Express, later called Western Airlines. Los Angeles postmaster is weighing mail sacks.

Digital ID

pho020107

Physical Identifier

0045_0029
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    pho020107. Florence Lee Jones Cahlan Photographs. PH-00045. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1k35mj53.

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

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    5888 x 4889 pixels
    9.81 x 8.15 inches
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    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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