Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Airplane in Madison | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Airplane in Madison

Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Airplane in Madison | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A crowd of adults and children looks over a JN-4HG gunnery trainer airplane / biplane which has landed in a field.  Airplane has a black cat symbol in a circle and the number 44214 or 44216 on the side. Titled in the album "The First Aeroplane in Madison". "The feature of the flight was the delivery of a letter to Postmaster Devine from Pres. William F. Brooks of the Minneapolis Aero Club.  This is the first aerial letter ever received in Madison and the first aerial postage stamp ever received here.  The flyers are returning from a 3,000 mile run and have been making exhibition flights at state fairs."  The Capital Times 9-4-1918. One of five airplane images taken over a two day period.
DESCRIPTION
A crowd of adults and children looks over a JN-4HG gunnery trainer airplane / biplane which has landed in a field. Airplane has a black cat symbol in a circle and the number 44214 or 44216 on the side. Titled in the album "The First Aeroplane in Madison". "The feature of the flight was the delivery of a letter to Postmaster Devine from Pres. William F. Brooks of the Minneapolis Aero Club. This is the first aerial letter ever received in Madison and the first aerial postage stamp ever received here. The flyers are returning from a 3,000 mile run and have been making exhibition flights at state fairs." The Capital Times 9-4-1918. One of five airplane images taken over a two day period.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:54621
Creation Date: 09 03 1918
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Madison
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Lloyd Jones family collected materials, 1830-2014
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:M2007-091.075d
Original Dimensions:5 x 3 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Richard & Georgia Lloyd Jones Sr. family photo album was donated to the WHS by their granddaughter Georgia Lloyd Jones Snoke. Richard Lloyd Jones Sr. was editor and publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal from 1911 to 1919. In the late summer of 1919 the family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Richard had purchased the Tulsa Democrat, renaming it the Tulsa Tribune, and served as its editor and publisher until his retirement.
SUBJECTS
Clothing and dress
Crowds
Men
Outdoor photography
Women
Air mail service
Airplanes

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