File:Sorting airmail (2551172370).jpg
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Description: An unidentified clerk is pictured sorting letters into pigeonhole compartments labeled with stops along the transcontinental airmail route. The coast to coast route opened in the fall of 1920. The pigeonhole labels mark the route from east to west. Hazelton, NJ, Bellefonte, PA, Cleveland, OH, Bryan, OH, Iowa City, IA, Omaha, NB, North Platte, NB Cheyenne, WY, Rock Springs, WY, Salt Lake City, UT, and Elko, NV. Hidden behind the clerk are compartments for Reno, NV, and San Francisco, CA. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1920-12-31 Repository: National Postal Museum Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Accession number: A.2008-9 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194361 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |
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Author | Smithsonian Institution from United States |
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Credit/Provider | National Postal Museum |
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Source | Smithsonian Institution |
Author | National Postal Museum |
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Compression scheme | Uncompressed |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 17:37, 14 May 2008 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Image width | 2,788 px |
Image height | 2,224 px |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:37, 14 May 2008 |
Date metadata was last modified | 14:54, 14 May 2008 |
Contact information | webmaster@si.edu
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IIM version | 2 |