Air Mail Flight from Tampico to Prophetstown, IL - History

Postmaster Darby and other Mail Carriers

Prophetstown is about 14 miles from Tampico.

What a spectacular event this must have been!



This photo taken from the Tampico Centennial Year Book 1975. No date on photo. There is a typo on Mr. Olson's name. It should be Boline Olson, Rt. #1 Rural Carrier. Dorothy Cain, Post Master Darby, Boline Olson, James Erickson, Kathryn (Rush) Johnson and Pilot Kobbeman

The mail leaves the post office in the capable hands of Post Master Hubert Darby, Kathryn Rush, Dorothy Cain and the postmaster's wife, Mrs. Florence Darby.

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