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Mailbag from airplane stowaway theft
The orange-colored cloth mail pouch marked "Domestic, U.S. Air Mail, 2 [referring to bag capacity]" was gathered as crime evidence along with multiple items including some of the stowaway's in-flight gear that is now in the museum's collection: a pair of lined boots (2013.2011.26.1-.2) and an oxygen tank (2013.2011.28).
- Date
- May 14, 1980
- Type
- Crime Evidence
- Medium
- nylon; metal; leather; paper
- Department
- NPM
- Institution
- National Postal Museum
- Object number
- npm_2013.2011.27
- Credit
- Transfer from the United States Postal Inspection Service