Air Express, Little Rock, Ark., November 16, 1963 [Man driving cargo cart] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1963.

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Air Express, Little Rock, Ark., November 16, 1963 [Man driving cargo cart] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1963.

Negative taken for November 24, 1963, Arkansas Gazette article "Air Express Proves It's Small World," E5:2. Railway Express Agency, also known as American Railway Express, is a pick-up and delivery company that transports cargo for American Airlines to the Little Rock Airport, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Its terminal is on West Markham Street, adjacent to the old Missouri Pacific Railroad depot. Negative taken of the man driving American Airlines cargo cart at the airport.

1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

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Arkansas History Commission

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Deane, Ernie

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Railway Express Agency

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The Railway Express Agency had its origins in the overland stagecoach and pony express services that linked the eastern and western U.S. prior to the building of the transcontinental railroad. In the railroad era, express companies worked with the railroads in handling door-to-door freight shipping. By 1914 there were seven major express companies, and these were consolidated by the Federal Government during World War I into the American Railway Express Agency. In the late 1920s a g...

Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...