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Two dollars a mile on China airmail. PMG James A. Farley, left, receives a bid from Warren Juan Trippe, President of Pan American Airways, for $2 a mile for an 800 pound loan of mail from San Francisco to China. The route is via Honolulu and Manila covering 16,000 miles. 10/21/35
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Credit lineTwo dollars a mile on China airmail. PMG James A. Farley, left, receives a bid from Warren Juan Trippe, President of Pan American Airways, for $2 a mile for an 800 pound loan of mail from San Francisc. 1935-01-01. Harris & Ewing. Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
