Letter carrier collecting mail

circa. 1906

Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
Washington, DC, United States

City letter carrier is shown retrieving mail from a city collection box. The driver of the Columbian Mark 3 Touring Car mail vehicle was not a Post Office Department employee, but was hired to drive carriers between collection boxes and post offices.

Photographer: Unknown

National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection

Museum ID: A.2008-27

Details

Title: Letter carrier collecting mail
Date Created: circa. 1906
Medium: paper; photo-emulsion

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