Air mail service
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jupiter air mail balloon trip photographs
Collection — Folder SP099
Identifier: SP099
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 3 photographs in Lafayette, Indiana on August 16 or 17, 1859, depicting the air balloon Jupiter in downtown Lafayette waiting to depart on the first official airmail journey.
Dates:
1859/08/16-1859/08/17
United States airmail balloon Jupiter, Lafayette, Indiana clippings and photograph
Collection — Folder OBD044
Identifier: OBD044
Scope and Contents
This collection contains newspaper clippings and photographs mounted to board regarding the flight of the first official air mail service balloon, Jupiter from Lafayette, Indiana dated 1859-1900.
Dates:
circa 1859-1900
