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By Nichole Delasalas
Collection Overview
Title: Henry F. Pohe Papers, 1926
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-038
Primary Creator: Pohe, Henry F. (1902-1987)
Extent: 3.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged by record type.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Subjects: Norfolk (Va.), Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Forms of Material: Admission tickets, Brochures, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Fliers (printed matter), Pamphlets, Photographs, Postcards
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Philadelphia Rapid Transit ephemera, including brochures and photographs, collected by Henry F. Pohe in 1926 from the first trip on a passenger airplane.
Biographical Note
Henry F. Pohe was born on July 21, 1902 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a hatmaker who briefly lived in Norfolk, Virginia in the mid- to late-1920s as manager of the company Rumenap & Pohe. Pohe was the first person to purchase a ticket on the daily plane passenger service Philadelphia Rapid Transit in 1926. He married Virginia C. Pohe in the 1930s. Pohe died on March 8, 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all reseachers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Purchase
Preferred Citation:
Henry F. Pohe Papers, MSS 0000-038, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed March 23, 2016.
Other Note:
This collection is housed with the James A. Rives Collection (MSS 0000-040) and the Ghent Club Records (MSS 0000-109).
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1926
- Item 1: Correspondence, R. E. Lenton to Henry F. Pohe, 1926 September 23
- Includes envelope.
- Item 2: Correspondence, Henry F. Pohe to Margaret Pohe, 1926 October 10
- Includes envelope.
- Folder 2: Philadelphia Rapid Transit Air Service Ephemera, 1926
- Item 1: Pamphlet, "The Fokker "Trimotor FVII", undated
- Item 2: Brochure, Go By Air, 1926
- Four copies.
- Item 3: Brochure, Go By Air: Philadelphia Sesquicentennial, 1926
- Two copies.
- Item 4: Newsletter, Service Talks, 1926 June 17
- Volume 7, Number 13.
- Item 5: Newsletter, Service Talks, 1926 July 14
- Volume 7 Number 15-A.
- Item 6: Flier, By Air: To Washington & Philadelphia, 1926 September 13
- Item 7: Postcard, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Passenger Airplane, 1926
- Four copies.
- Item 8: Ticket, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Air Service, 1926 September 13
- Item 9: Clipping, "Buys First Ticket", 1926 September
- Item 10: Ear Cotton, 1926
- Folder 3: Photographs, 1926
- Item 1: Photograph, U. S. Air Mail Line Bus, 1926
- Item 2: Photograph, Air Service Terminal bus and driver, 1926
- Item 3: Photograph, Air Service Terminal bus and driver standing, 1926
- Item 4: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit The Fokker Trimotor F-7 plane, 1926
- Item 5: Photograph, United States Army blimp
- Item 6: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Trimotor F-7 plane at airfield, 1926
- Item 7: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Trimotor F-7 plane at airfield, 1926
- Item 8: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Trimotor F-7 plane at airfield, 1926
- Item 9: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Trimotor F-7 plane with Miss Paramount and motorcade, 1926
- Item 10: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit air service ticket exchange, 1926
- Item 11: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Trimotor F-7 at airfield, 1926
- Item 12: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Trimotor F-7 taking off from airfield, 1926
- Item 13: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Trimotor F-7 flying, 1926
- Item 14: Photograph, Three women, 1926
- Item 15: Photograph, Philadelphia Rapid Transit pilot, 1926
- Item 16: Photograph, Two men boarding a Philadelphia Rapid Transit plane, 1926
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