Selections from the Photographic Archives Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Airmail pilot Max Miller and Benjamin Lipsner
Photographer: Unknown
Date created: September 5, 1918
Benjamin Lipsner (holding mailbag), Superintendent of the Airmail Service, and airmail pilot Max Miller (wearing flight gear). Miller is about to begin his pathfinding flight between New York and Chicago.
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection