Photo of Amon Carter

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dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-13T14:51:53Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-13T14:51:53Z
dc.date.issued	1928-02-06
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/55595
dc.description	Photo of Amon Carter at a podium. On reverse: "This picture was made at the time of the inaugural flight of the Texas Air Transport plane from Fort Worth south to Laredo. Two planes left here at the same time, one to Laredo and the other to Galveston. This was the first air mail flight south from Fort Worth. At that time there was only one other air mail route, it being NAT to Chicago, Contract Air Mail Route No. 3. The ship is a Pitcairn, single motor biplane, which first used to carry the mail south. Bill Fuller holding the left wing, and Earl Rockwood, formerly with National Air Transport, holding the right wing. L. S. Andrews and Tom Harding and Hugh Brewster piloted first ships. The ceremony was attended by about 5,000 people. February 6, 1928, Fort Worth, Texas."
dc.format.medium	10x8.25 Photo
dc.relation	Amon G. Carter Papers (MS 014)
dc.rights	Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph
dc.source	Box 277, Texas Air Transport [Air Mail], 1927-1931 Folder, Item 005
dc.subject	Aviation
dc.subject	National Air Transport
dc.subject	Fort Worth, TX
dc.title	Photo of Amon Carter
dc.type	Image
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Amon G. Carter, Sr. Collection [19320]
The Amon G. Carter Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, newspapers, scrapbooks, and artifacts. The papers document the history of Fort Worth and the Southwest, as well as Carter's personal and business interests.

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