28 photos
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U.S. Troops Surrounded by Holiday Mail During WWII
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- 105 comments
- 438 favorites
- 173,180 views
- Date uploaded: 2008-12-16
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, worldwar2, sailor, mail, package, shipping, pile, brown, sepia, box, navy, armedforces, gift, ustroops, parcels, commons:collection=christmas, wwii, holiday, whitehat, family, love, postal, service, soldiers, uniforms, men, buried, towerin, boxes, christmas, work, working, cajas, correo, segunda, guerra, mundial, withcare, commons:event=commonground2009, chaos, post, warhistory, sailors, handlewithcare, blackandwhite, military, food, militarymaildelivery, ww2, maildrop, 1944, holidaymail, ustroop, packages, nationalpostalmuseum, deluge, commons, mailacrossthecommons, christmasacrossthecommons, betterhomesclubplan, glass
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Mailing Letters
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- 228 comments
- 1,048 favorites
- 147,122 views
- Date uploaded: 2008-12-16
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, snow, winter, boy, child, mail, letter, us, mailbox, commons:collection=mail, bw, grain, texture, post, usps, history, doremus, williamdoremus, design, letterbox, 1880s, nationalpostalmuseum, postal, mailboxes, halftone, young, lad, newsprint, boots, gloves, hat, city, street, town, iron, america, usa, mailing, sending, willarddelmontdoremus, usmail, victorian, 19thcentury, nineteenthcentury, captionable, youvegotmail, wellies, adorable, почта, почтальон, мальчик, commons:event=commonground2009, christmas, tiptoes, ice, normanrockwell, chils, postservice, mailacrossthecommons
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Woman Working in a Mail Processing Center
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- 2 comments
- 43 favorites
- 51,765 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:21:21
- Date uploaded: 2008-05-30
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, usps, zipcode, post, 1965, workingwomen, customuserinterface, mail, machine, womensday, blackandwhitephotographicprint, nationalpostalmuseum, postal, postoffice, sorter, input, data, typist, mailacrossthecommons, ffs02
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Letter Carrier in Mailster Vehicle
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- 43 comments
- 122 favorites
- 47,084 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:42:03
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, usps, mailster, threewheelvehicle, postalservice, postoffice, lettercarrier, usmail, cushman, cushmanmailster, transportation, postalhistory, threewheels, postal, delivery, mid20thcentury, working, vehicle, motor, idolizedtricycle, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons, dogtoy
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Photograph of postcard of prize dog team in the Arctic
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- 2 comments
- 37 favorites
- 38,717 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:24:49
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, dogteam, dogsled, arctic, 1911, postal, postcard, dogs, cold, snow, alaska, sledmail, earlymailservicwildernessmail, musher, alaskanmail, nationalpostalmuseum
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Letter Carrier Collecting Mail
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- 7 comments
- 71 favorites
- 34,548 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:39:44
- Date uploaded: 2008-07-16
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, postalservice, postoffice, lettercarrier, collectionbox, relaybox, usps, 1947, mid20thcentury, outdoors, postbox, green, mailman, handcoloredphotograph, 193, postal, mailcarrier, usmail, mailacrossthecommons, nationalpostalmuseum
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Postcard of the Milwaukee Mail Car
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- 2 comments
- 37 favorites
- 31,889 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:34:03
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, milwaukee, usps, truck, mailman, unitedstatesmail1, wisconsin, delivery, automobile, mail, usmail, postal, maildelivery, post, nationalpostalmuseum, milwaukeewisconsin, mailacrossthecommons
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Rural Carriers from Lebanon, Tennessee
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- 7 comments
- 92 favorites
- 29,643 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:25:49
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, lebanontennessee, tn, turnerjones, jimarmstrong, owenreich, algolden, cecilphillips, samtolliver, marshallphillips, sheilabryant, jimferrell, deemcclain, ruralcarriers, mailcarriers, 1902, groupphotograph, early20thcentury, dudeswmustaches, postal, tennessee, lebanon, rural, lettercarriers, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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Woman Mailing a Letter
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- 3 comments
- 42 favorites
- 28,185 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:24:49
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, usps, mailbox, woman, letter, merlealcock, womensday, delicatessen, blackandwhite, postal, street, firehydrant, post, hat, city, soman, mailing, delicatessensign, streetcorner, usmail, lamppost, busystr, mail, historic, deposit, postoffice, promotional, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons, newyork, 6thavenue, 12thstreet, el, elevatedrailway
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Girl Mailing a Letter
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- 3 comments
- 44 favorites
- 27,685 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:24:23
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, girl, mail, letter, mailbox, c1920, usmail, calicodress, black, white, blackandwhitephoto, street, sidewalk, manholecover, tiptoe, younggirl, usps, postalservice, blonde, tiptoes, 1950s, suburb, post, postal, photo, blackandwhite, mailing, mailacrossthecommons, nationalpostalmuseum
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Uniformed Rural Letter Carrier and Vehicle
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- 6 comments
- 29 favorites
- 27,632 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:33:14
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, usps, mailman, ruralcarrier, publicservant, government, modelt, mailbox, convertable, boy, car, old, blackandwhite, mail, lettercarrier, automobile, oldcarphoto, oldmailcar, postalcarrie, postman, delivery, usmail, postal, oldmailtruck, oldfashionmailtruck, harborsprings, michigan, 1914, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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Photograph of postal employees in the Postal Savings Office, New York City
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- 0 comments
- 13 favorites
- 25,780 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 13:21:22
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, men, desks, 1914, newyorkcity, office, postal, savings, type, postoffice, newyork, blackandwhitephoto, postalsavingssystem, postalemployees, postalhistory, nationalpostalmuseum
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Sorting airmail
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- 2 comments
- 19 favorites
- 25,715 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:37:32
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, airmail, usps, clerk, ohmygoshthatssocool, sorting, work, postal, indoors, transcontinentalairmail, pigeonholecompartments, apartadopostal, correo, cartero, shirt, man, mail, postoffice, vintage, scale, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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Photograph of postcard of transporting US mail in Alaska
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- 1 comment
- 31 favorites
- 22,616 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:25:26
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, alaska, mail, dogsled, postal, carrier, worker, mushalaska, snow, cold, sled, dogs, sepia, winter, maildelivery, 1910, mailacrossthecommons, nationalpostalmuseum
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Boston, Massachusetts, Mail Streetcar
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- 5 comments
- 18 favorites
- 22,006 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:30:21
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, bostonelevatedrailway, boston, mail, post, train, streetcar, commons:collection=mail, el, elevated, usmail, malden, broadway, ferry, 1900s, tram, bostonmassachusetts, charlestownmassachusetts, maldenmassachusetts, strasenbahn, postoffice, bus, postal, rpostreetcar, railwaypostoffice, mailacrossthecommons, nationalpostalmuseum, mailstreetcar, usrailwaymailservice, ferrystreet, usmailpassenger, charlestown
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Photograph of letter carriers in Concord, New Hampshire
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- 2 comments
- 14 favorites
- 21,704 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:06:35
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, men, mustache, moustache, standing, uniform, group, eleven, outdoors, concord, newhampshire, mail, carriers, workers, postal, work, working, satchels, postoffice, 1889, lettercarriers, post, nationalpostalmuseum, retro1
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Photograph of airmail pilot Warren D. Williams
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- 0 comments
- 20 favorites
- 20,969 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:19:56
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, man, portrait, goggles, cap, collar, cockpit, airmail, 1921, pilot, aviation, aviator, early20thcentury, postal, delivery, goggled, leatherh, nationalpostalmuseum, leatherhelmet, flighthelmet, warrendwilliams, warrenwilliams, wdwilliams, williams, usairmail, airmailpilot
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Photograph of letter carriers' band from Seattle, Washington
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- 6 comments
- 11 favorites
- 20,445 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:12:17
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, band, music, 1950s, seattle, marching, washington, postal, workers, letter, carriers, mail, drum, uniform, brass, majorette, malc, nationalassociationoflettercarriersnalcband, earlybandcamp, tuba, branch78, group, nationalpostalmuseum
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Parcel Post Vehicles and Employees
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- 0 comments
- 11 favorites
- 20,290 views
- Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:34:33
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, parcelpost, truck, wagon, usps, blackwhite, earlyautomobile, unitedstatesmail, postalmailtruckdelivery, mail, vehicle, delivery, postal, historical, historicalpo, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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Photograph of Second Assistant Postmaster General Otto Praeger
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- 1 comment
- 6 favorites
- 18,481 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, man, standing, hat, postal, mail, praeger, plane, cigar, strike, labor, pilots, aviation, aircraft, airplane, biplane, airmail, tie, postmaster, ottopraeger, nationalpostalmuseum
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Photograph of airmail pilot Paul Collins and bag of first overnight airmail
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- 1 comment
- 6 favorites
- 17,096 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:09:24
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, airmail, three, men, wing, bag, sack, delivery, 1925, aviation, overnight, nighttime, dehavilland, dehavillanddh4, dh4, biplane, aircraft, airplane, usmail, usairmail, hadleyfield, blackandwhite, paulscollins, mailbag, twoworkes, airplanewing, metal, suit, workes, piolt, plane, mail, helpinghand, gentlemen, postal, postoffice, pilot, man, nationalpostalmuseum, aviator, airmailpilot, paulfcollins, paulcollins, pfcollins, collins
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Photograph of airmail pilot George Myers
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- 5 comments
- 19 favorites
- 16,260 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:27:14
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, man, portrait, goggles, collar, aviation, aviator, airmail, 1924, myers, postal, nationalpostalmuseum, georgemyers
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Photograph of postcard of US mail leaving Seward for Anchorage, Alaska
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- 2 comments
- 7 favorites
- 16,238 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:24:15
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, snow, dogsled, usmail, postal, nationalpostalmuseum
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Photograph of airmail pilot James Hill ready for transcontinental night flight
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- 0 comments
- 7 favorites
- 15,832 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 13:18:41
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, men, airmail, aviation, delivery, nighttime, uniform, goggles, pose, postal, hadleyfield, usmail, usairmail, airplane, aircraft, biplane, dehavilland, dehavillanddh4, dh4, award, captains, blackandwhite, mail, vintageairplane, usmailplane, postage, postalservice, photo, night, nationalpostalmuseum, aviator, jamesdewitthill, jamesdhill, jameshill, jdhill, hill, airmailpilot
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Photograph of Railway Mail Service clerks in Kansas City, Missouri
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- 1 comment
- 11 favorites
- 15,683 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:16:29
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, men, moustache, mustache, hat, standing, outdoors, working, work, workers, mail, postal, thirteen, kansascity, sepia, oldwest, railroad, conductors, heritage, nationalpostalmuseum
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Photograph of damaged packages [that] slow up the mail service
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- 0 comments
- 10 favorites
- 15,411 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:16:25
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, man, 1913, mail, packages, damage, broken, crushed, standing, instructional, postal, damagedgoods, postalpackages, packagewrapping, photographictutorial, postoffice, mailmachines, mailacrossthecommons, deadletteroffice, nationalpostalmuseum
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Photograph of US Navy mail call
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- 1 comment
- 21 favorites
- 15,298 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-13 12:26:21
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-19
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, men, shirtless, wartime, navy, mailcall, 1944, wwii, worldwar2, pacific, morale, military, postal, ceremony, mail, letter, nationalpostalmuseum
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Untitled
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- 0 comments
- 2 favorites
- 11,056 views
- Date taken: 2005-06-20 13:52:01
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, cyanotype, cummins, letter, postmark, envelope, photograph, late19thcentury, 1890, smithsonian, correspondance, stamp, postal, returntosender, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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