Photograph of letter carrier collecting mail

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Object Details

Description

Letter carrier uses his key to unlock a mail collection box mounted to a telephone pole. A postal distribution box (used by mail carriers and clerks to store mail for neighborhood delivery) and a U.S. mail truck are in the background. The truck is marked with the number 382081.

Photographer: Unknown

Credit line

National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Date

c. 1947

Object number

A.2008-22

Type

Photographs

Medium

paper; photo-emulsion

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8a23ace9a-e9ab-496c-977f-5d817f1611d7

Record ID

npm_A.2008-22