Object Details
Manufacturer
Penn Garment Co.
Description
Letter carriers donned this shapeless style of uniform jacket, also referred to as a "sack coat," on their daily rounds for city delivery service. The jacket fastens by five brass buttons featuring an imprint of a uniformed letter carrier in mid-stride above the letters “P.O.D.” for 'Post Office Department'. (The POD kept this style of buttons in circulation from 1893 to 1970.) Above this cuff’s black trim are two silver service stars, worn by letter carriers to denote thirty years of service. The POD introduced the color-coded service star patches in 1899 to replace the service stripes.
Reference:
National Association of Letter Carriers. “Dressed for Success: The Evolution of Letter Carrier Uniforms.” Postal Record. October 1986.
http://blue.usps.gov/postalhistory/histuniforms.htm (Accessed June 6, 2002)
Credit line
Transfer from Post Office Department
Date
1906-1956
Object number
0.234863.5
Type
Employee Gear
Medium
wool; thread; brass
Dimensions
Height x Width: 27 × 14 1/2 in. (68.58 × 36.83 cm)
Place
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Postal Employees
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_0.234863.5