Selections from the Photographic Archives Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Pilot Eddie Garner and airmail plane
Photographer: Unknown
Date created: 1918
Airmail pilot Eddie Gardner posing next to his Curtis JN-4H “Jenny” airmail plane. Gardner was one of the first four pilots hired to fly mail for the Post Office Department. He served as an airmail pilot from 1918-1919.
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection