Nebraska citizens gather during National Air Mail Week in this 9.5" x 7.5" black and white photograph. Standing in a row in the front of the photograph are, from left to right, Robert E. Britt, post office clerk from Franklin; Reverend Fred H. Hall, speaker from Franklin; Eibe DeJong, postmaster from Macon; Francis W. Purdy, postmaster from Hildreth; Arvine J. Bierman, pilot from Holdrege; Ethel Thomas, assistant postmaster from Franklin; Oscar C. Thomas, postmaster from Franklin; Fred Voight, mail carrier from Bloomington; E. M. Tucker, American Legion; and Elmer L. Bunger, postmaster from Upland. Ethel Thomas holds a bouquet of flowers, and Oscar Thomas holds a mail sack. A crowd of people can be seen in the background.
This photograph shows a gathering for National Air Mail Week, air mail flight #2, trip #8, arriving in Franklin at 8:57 a.m. and departing Franklin at 9:07 a.m. The plane was a Monocoupe, and the pilot was Arvine Bierman.
