Pan American awarded New York-Bermuda airmail contract. Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. Submitting the only bid, Pan American Airways today was awarded the contract to carry air mail from New York to Hamilton, Bermuda. In announcing the bid the Post Office Department said the following rates would prevai
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"Pan American awarded New York-Bermuda airmail contract. Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. Submitting the only bid, Pan American Airways today was awarded the contract to carry air mail from New York to Hamilton, Bermuda. In announcing the bid the Post Office Department said the following rates would prevai" (1938-01-15). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pan_American_awarded_New_York-Bermuda_airmail_contract._Washington,_D.C.,_Jan._15._Submitting_the_only_bid,_Pan_American_Airways_today_was_awarded_the_contract_to_carry_air_mail_from_New_LCCN2016872881.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 291983.
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