About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0757
  • Title[Helicopter mail is here]
  • SummaryCaption: "'Copter mail is here--[Aerial view of] helicopter hovers above vacant lot opposite Brooklyn Post Office to unload simulated mail packet in experiment today designed to prove feasibility of transporting mail from airport to local post office."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped: Jul[y] 17, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; on caption: "Eagle photo by Lambert." Title from caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAir mail service -- New York (State) -- New York ; Helicopters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Postal service -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Post office: Air mail