Twentieth Anniversary of the First New Orleans Air Mail Flight

Alfred S. Lippman Collection of Louisiana Postal Aviation History

Alfred S. Lippman Collection of Louisiana Postal Aviation History / Twentieth Anniversary of the First New Orleans Air Mail Flight /

Exhibit Sections

National Air Mail Week, May 15-21, 1938
United States Mail, New Orleans to Buenos Aires
“First Flight” of Airmail Service Between New Orleans and Atlanta
“First flight” of Airmail Service Between New Orleans and Houston
Mardi Gras Cancelled Account WAR with Japan
Dedication U.S. Naval Air Station, Houma, LA
Dedication of Menefee Airport
“First flight” of Southern Transcontinental Air Mail Route 33
New Orleans Carnival of the Air
Twentieth Anniversary of the First New Orleans Air Mail Flight
Passing of the U.S.S. Akron over New Orleans
First flight of Air Mail Route 29
“Welcome Home Jimmy Wedell”
“Dedicating Shushan Airport”
Pan-American Air Races, Shushan Airport
U.S.S Macon Passes North of New Orleans, Over Lake Pontchartrain
First Air Mail Flight from Shushan Airport
Last Trip of US Mail by Boat from Grand Isle to New Orleans
First Air Mail Flight by Robertson Airplane Service Co.
Wedell-Williams Air Serve Takes over Contract of Robertson Airplane Service Co.
Speed Flight Chicago to New Orleans by Chicago and Southern Airlines

Honoring the twentieth anniversary of the first New Orleans air mail flight, April 10, 1912 – April 10, 1932. Sponsored by American Airways, Inc. of New Orleans and the Aero Philatelic Club of New Orleans. Autographed by airplane racer and air pioneer J. R. “Jimmie” Wedell.

Exhibit Sections

National Air Mail Week, May 15-21, 1938
United States Mail, New Orleans to Buenos Aires
“First Flight” of Airmail Service Between New Orleans and Atlanta
“First flight” of Airmail Service Between New Orleans and Houston
Mardi Gras Cancelled Account WAR with Japan
Dedication U.S. Naval Air Station, Houma, LA
Dedication of Menefee Airport
“First flight” of Southern Transcontinental Air Mail Route 33
New Orleans Carnival of the Air
Twentieth Anniversary of the First New Orleans Air Mail Flight
Passing of the U.S.S. Akron over New Orleans
First flight of Air Mail Route 29
“Welcome Home Jimmy Wedell”
“Dedicating Shushan Airport”
Pan-American Air Races, Shushan Airport
U.S.S Macon Passes North of New Orleans, Over Lake Pontchartrain
First Air Mail Flight from Shushan Airport
Last Trip of US Mail by Boat from Grand Isle to New Orleans
First Air Mail Flight by Robertson Airplane Service Co.
Wedell-Williams Air Serve Takes over Contract of Robertson Airplane Service Co.
Speed Flight Chicago to New Orleans by Chicago and Southern Airlines