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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution man standing hat postal mail praeger plane cigar strike labor pilots aviation aircraft airplane biplane air mail airmail tie postmaster otto praeger ottopraeger national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum suit Date: c. 1920 Object number: A.2009-32 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: As second assistant postmaster general from 1915-1921, Otto Praeger was in charge of the Post Office Department's airmail service (1918-1927) during its early years. He butted heads with the service's first superintendent, Benjamin Lipsner, a fight that resulted in Lipsner's dismissal from the service. Praeger's hard line towards the pilots helped set a strike in motion in 1919 after he had ordered pilots fired for refusing to fly in zero visibility fog. The pilots won public support during the strike and most were rehired. Praeger turned his stubborn streak toward Congress, battling for financial support for the service. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207530 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: c. 1920 Object number: A.2009-32 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: As second assistant postmaster general from 1915-1921, Otto Praeger was in charge of the Post Office Department's airmail service (1918-1927) during its early years. He butted heads with the service's first superintendent, Benjamin Lipsner, a fight that resulted in Lipsner's dismissal from the service. Praeger's hard line towards the pilots helped set a strike in motion in 1919 after he had ordered pilots fired for refusing to fly in zero visibility fog. The pilots won public support during the strike and most were rehired. Praeger turned his stubborn streak toward Congress, battling for financial support for the service. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207530 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
