Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1973.548.0029Description
First Air Mail received in Rawlins, Aug. 15, 1921.
Update 1/2008: Black and white panoramic print. Image of a group of people posed in front of a biplane (two-winged aircraft) that is parked in front of a hanger. 16 men, 4 women, 2 girls, 1 baby. Rolling prairie can be seen in right background. Hanger door open with vehicle inside.
Stamped on back in purple ink: "H.T. Rogner" "Portrait and Commercial Photographer" "Dealer in Photographic Supplies" "Rawlins--- Wyo."
Written on back in black pencil and blue pencil:"Cut" "3 col-7in-85 screen" "Zinc" "Rawlins Republican" "Pilot McKnight" "1st air mail to be received in Rawlins 8-16-1921". "7671/2" "Airplanes"
Original and scanned copy.
Scanned copy: Written on front- lower margin: "Rogner Photo" "Pilot is Mr. Knight" "8-16-21" Image cropped on left side.
Written on back: "First official airmail for Rawlins. Pictured left to right: H. Larsen, Mrs. H. Larsen, perhaps their daughter, Elsie, Mrs. Homer France, Mrs. Fred Rendle, Herschel Dunlap, W.W. Weaver, Russ Alcorn, Dr. Barber, N.R. Greenfield holding Fred Kelly, Homer France, Fred Rendle, Perry Smith with mail pouch, Pilot Collison Louis Schalk, Deputy Postmaster with mail bag, unidentified Ive (?) Eames. First official air mail doc' Rawlins, Wyo. Aug 16, 1921-Rogner-"
Original: Lower left corner missing large piece; upper left side missing piece; left side diagonally cracked in many placed with vertical cracks in upper left side; large crack previously mended with transparent tape that has yellowed badly-large area of emulsion missing along crack where tape has come off. Pin holes in upper left and right corners. Upper right corner bend and cracked. Emulsion cracked in lower right and center right side. Soiled front and back.Collection
Photograph Collection