North Platte NE Photos

North Platte, NE Photo Gallery

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Date: c. 1924

Object number: A.2009-29

Medium: paper; photo-emulsion

Description: The Post Office Department operated the nation's first regularly scheduled airmail service. North Platte, Nebraska, was one of the stops along the service's transcontinental flyway. The flyway connected New York City, New York to San Francisco, California through Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Iowa City, Iowa; Omaha and North Platte, Nebraska;, Cheyenne, Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming; , Salt Lake City, Utah; and Elko and Reno, Nevada. The Department began using the North Platte airmail field on September 8, 1920. An airmail beacon stands to the left of the hangar and a truck marked "US Air Mail" is parked in front of the hanger. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Place: United States of America
Nebraska

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Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection

Photographer: Unknown

Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207527

Repository:National Postal Museum

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Messing with an old photo because I'm bored.

Former bar in a former hotel... cool font..

North Platte, NE

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I took this photo while researching Financial Times stories found at www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d94be5ba-9148-11dc-9590-0000779fd2ac.html , www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eb26414a-9148-11dc-9590-0000779fd2ac.html and other places.

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The Hotel Pawnee, now a retirement hotel in North Platte, NE.

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Guess this was a Woolworth's in North Platte, Nebraska.

Next time I hope I can explore this town a little more, it's really cute.

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Former bar in a former hotel... cool font..

North Platte, NE

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Hotel Pawnee side entrance, North Platte, NE.

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The Hotel Pawnee sign, now a Retirement Hotel.

North Platte, Nebraska.

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Fox Theatre, North Platte, NE.

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Former bar, in the bottom of the former Hotel Pawnee in Northe Platte, Nebraska. Stupid fire lane sign....

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