William L Slattery,J Carroll Cone,Roy North,Harlee Branch,George H Grayson,1938

Title: 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 prevail --.00001 cents per pound for a specified load of 800 pounds and .000005 cents per pound over 800 pounds. In the photograph, left to right: William L. Slattery, P.O. Dept. Comptroller; J. Carroll Cone, Atlantic Manager for Pan American; Roy M. North, Acting 3rd Assistant Post Master General; Harlee Branch, 2nd Assistant Post Master General in charge of air mail operations; and George H. Grayson, Asst. Director of the Division of International Postal Service, 1/15/38
Creator(s): Harris & Ewing, photographer
Date Created/Published: [19]38 January 15.
Notes:
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch five.
Subjects:
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.).
Bookmark /hec2009010608/
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