title: [The First Air-Mail Service to Mineral Wells]
date: 1947
language: No Language
description: The first batch of airmail arrived in Mineral Wells, 1947, 6:30
 pm.  Individuals from left are: John Chamberlain, Manager of the Chamber of
 Commerce, Fred  Parnell, Bill Cameron, of the Index, Fred Brown, Manager of
 the Baker Hotel, Mayor John Miller, an unidentified pilot, D.C. Harris,
 Postmaster (holding the mail bag) and R. T. Jones.  
     The airplane in the
 background, a Cessna 190, was probably the one used to transport the mail.  It
 appeared to be a cold day, as the officials are all wearing coats.  (A
 negative accompanying this picture depicted a "Christmas rush at the old Post
 Office")
subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation
subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Aviation
subject: Government and Law - Civil Servants - Postal Service
coverage: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
coverage: Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
coverage: 1947
rights: Public
type: Photograph
format: Image
identifier: local-cont-no: AWO_0967N
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20227/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth20227