Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	Cartoon about the history of air mail. In the top left there is an illustration of the plane used in 1918, when air mail became a regular service. Uncle Sam says that they now have huge planes which allow men to sort the mail en route. Next to him is a drawing of a plane from 1928. Bottom left: A piece of mail showing the cancellation stamp used in 1912. Bottom right: men load sacks of mail into a plane. A list of Other Firsts of U.S. mail. Uncle Sam (Symbolic Character) Image Access WideTEK 25 1918. 38275. And now we have huge regular flying mail-cars men sorting mail en route. Anyplace in U.S.A. 5 cents, anywhere in world 10 cents. 1948. U.S. first regular scheduled U.S. Air Mail service New York City to Washington May 15, 1918. Postmaster Patten of NY City hands the aviator a pouch weighing 100 pounds. Interstate. U.S. mail. 1928. From photos. Evansville regular scheduled first U.S. air mail service. 10,168 letters. U.S. mail. By aerial route June 6-7-8, 1912 Evansville, Indiana. Courier aviation meet. E. An official U.S. post office department cancellation stamp for mail carried on above dates by aviators Beachey and Kearney from fairgrounds at Kentucky Avenue and Monroe Avenue to Lincoln at Vann Aves., where dropped, the pouches were taken by post office employees to central post office and to trains. This was no. 23 of such flights--no. 1 was September 23, 1911 when Postmaster General Hitchcock gave a pouch of mail to aviator Ovington at Nassau L.I.N.Y. who flew it 6 miles to Mineola--L.I. November 19, 1928 Evansville to Chicago. U.S. Mail other firsts--pony express before 1776, stagecoach 1787, steamboat 1813, railroad 1832, automobile 1911. Unofficial air by Richard Clayton in balloon July 4, 1835 Cincinnati-Waverly, O. Official permit by balloon Lafayette to Crawfordsville, Indiana August 16, 1859. John Wise. John LaMountain. [in margins: Courier 3 columns 5/19/48]
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/2834
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
Copyright:	Digital Image Copyright 2014 University of Evansville Libraries. All rights reserved. All other material is open to the public without restrictions. Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Subjects:	Aviation Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States Air mail service -- United States -- History Airplanes

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