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What a deal!

Not sure about anyone else, but I am really thankful to see these kinds of photos online. I could browse them all day if I let myself.

This, or a very very similar image appeared on Shorpy.com recently: www.shorpy.com/node/1810 Is LOC affiliated with Shorpy in any way?

What a wonderful archive!

GREAT!!! I think this is worth joining. Thanks.

From National Postal Museum: "Ira Biffle first flew as a pilot for the army air service where he gained a reputation as a demanding instructor. He found that his airmail service supervisors were just as demanding. After landing 55 minutes late because of fog, he was suspended without pay. Only the intervention of ex-pilot Chief of Flying James C. Edgerton kept Biffle on the payroll. "After he left the Air Mail Service on October 22, 1919, he flew for different organizations, including the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation in Lincoln, Nebraska. While serving as a flying instructor there in April 1922, Biffle taught flying to a lanky young man named Charles Lindbergh. In "We," written by Lindbergh in 1928, he noted that Biffle's reputation as "the most ‘hard boiled' instructor the army ever had during [World War I]" was still well known among the aviation students. "Ira Biffle returned to flying for the Air Mail Service on August 6, 1923 and stayed on as a pilot until the service was turned over to commercial companies. In 1930, he was forced to retire as a pilot due to his failing eyesight. Biffle passed away on April 7, 1934 at the age of 44 of heart disease."

Wonder if they make it 40 hours these days?

Well that sign sure is cheerful, if rather morbid.

For more info on Government Square go to www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMR6A

God, these are sharp, as though they were just taken yesterday.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called billboards, and we'd love to have this added to the group!