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| Title | Eddie Hubbard and unidentified man in mail plane, Seattle, ca. 1919 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | ca. 1919 |
| Caption | Local Seattle pilot and visionary, Eddie Hubbard, saw the value of using aviation to provide faster mail service. After convincing his boss, William Boeing, that people would pay for mail delivered by air, he completed the first international flight delivering mail on March 3, 1919 from Vancouver, British Columbia to Seattle, Washington. Active in many flight activities, he managed to receive a great deal of press coverage as well as continuing to deliver the mail for seven years from Victoria, British Columbia to Seattle, Washington.
This photo of Eddie Hubbard (rear) and unidentified man in the mail plane is likely in Seattle from the time period of the first international airmail delivery flight. |
| Notes | Caption information sources: Hubbard: The Forgotten Boeing Aviator; Allstar Network; HistoryLink.org. |
| Subjects | Airplanes--Washington (State)--Seattle; Air pilots--Washington (State)--Seattle; Air mail service--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Hubbard, Eddie |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.1145 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
