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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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• Pan-American Exposition, Buildings at Night

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  • 34 comments
  • 105 favorites
  • 45,658 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-23 15:03:37
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-16
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, buffalo, worldsfair, exposition, panamericanexposition, mckinley, newyorkstate, nightphotography, blackwhite, old, vintage, retro, ny, newyork, lights, night, long, exposure, nikolatesla, electricity, cyanotype, 1901buffalonewyork, nightpanorama, citylights, illuminatedbuildings, nightshot, illuminated, city, buildings
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• City Mail Wagon

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  • 0 comments
  • 13 favorites
  • 39,266 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:31:35
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, usps, wagon, horse, modesoftransport, uspostalservice, mail, buggy, horsedrawncarriage, city, street, blackandwhite, carriage, mailcollection, hot, horsecarriagebuggywhipma, mailacrossthecommons, nationalpostalmuseum
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• Three-wheeled Mail Collection Motorcycle

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  • 6 comments
  • 26 favorites
  • 31,714 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:32:58
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, motorcycle, usps, mailman, washingtondc, pennsylvaniaavenue, twelfthstreet, mcgillandwallace, dc, nw, commons:collection=mail, 1910s, uniform, indianmotorcycle, postalservice, postoffice, lettercarrier, mail, postman, postaldelivery, snow, oysters, mailbike, boots, blackandwhite, town, city, door, hiatoricusmail, camelbag, rare, indianmotocycle, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons, tricycles
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• Regulation Mail Wagon

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  • 2 comments
  • 14 favorites
  • 28,976 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:41:44
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, wagon, usps, sanfrancisco, california, cobblestonestreet, governmentcontractors, commons:collection=mail, coach, horses, city, urban, nineteenthcentury, 19thcentury, 1800s, 1890s, victorian, 19thcenturymailwagon, street, horsedrawncarriage, mail, usmail, twohorse, blackandwhite, whitehorse, blackhorse, threemen, town, cobblestone, wgaon, horse, buildings, men, 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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• Parcel Post Wagons in Knoxville, TN

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  • 5 comments
  • 12 favorites
  • 24,982 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-14 17:42:44
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, wagon, city, usps, parcelpost, oldreliable, mailscreenwagons, parcelpostservice, horses, blackandwhite, mailmen, carriages, printingshop, brick, usmail, carriges, streetscene, urban, cars, men, buggies, nationalpostalmuseum, mailacrossthecommons
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• Bracket, Radio City Music Hall, New York City

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  • 1 comment
  • 22 favorites
  • 23,382 views
  • Date taken: 2009-01-06 12:47:22
  • Date uploaded: 2009-02-23
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, radio, city, radiocity, radiocitymusichall, artdeco, 1932, lighting, efcaldwellco, blackwhite, blackandwhite, beads, chandelier, lightfixture, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Standard, Henry Clay Frick residence, New York City

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  • 5 comments
  • 18 favorites
  • 23,349 views
  • Date taken: 2009-01-15 12:36:09
  • Date uploaded: 2009-02-23
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, standard, henryclayfrick, new, york, city, lamp, light, carrerehastings, 1909, efcaldwellco, lighting, newyorkcity, lightfixture, rulertoshowscale, filigree, old, glass, scale, iron, statue, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Untitled

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  • 0 comments
  • 11 favorites
  • 20,139 views
  • Date taken: 2005-06-15 14:08:59
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, streetscape, secondempirearchitecture, rowhouses, blue, flats, street, trees, victorian, townhouse, multiplefamilyhome, tenament, photograph, lighteffect, exterior, buildings, urban, awning, stairs, windows, doors, brick, brownstone, houses, neighborhood, thomas, smillie, cyanotype, city, facade, cityblock, apartments, stoops, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Untitled

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  • 0 comments
  • 6 favorites
  • 15,857 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-19 12:51:01
  • Date uploaded: 2008-05-30
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, adams, morgan, adamsmorgan, eighteenthstreet, nw, 1991, redsearestaurant, malikswarehouse, kempmillrecords, upagainstthewall, adamsmorganday, dc, washingtondc, crowd, harolddorwin, teaparty, bigcrowd, vantagepoint, townsquare, gathering, funeral, blockingsyr, city, mob, crowds, festival, shopping, millionmanmarch, blackactivists, crow, anacostiacommunitymuseum
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• Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

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  • 4 comments
  • 24 favorites
  • 15,306 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-23 15:04:20
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, columbianexposition, chicago, 1893, reflction, pool, water, expo, blackwhite, bw, reflectingpool, worldsfair, northpond, banner, jacksonpark, worldscolumbianexposition, chicagoworldsfair, whitecity, illinoisbuilding, galleryoffineart, outdoors, dome, late19thcentury, cityonthewater, city, fair, 1892exposition, columbianexpo, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, photography, 35, mm
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• Aerial View of Smithsonian Institution Building and Natural History Building

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  • 1 comment
  • 10 favorites
  • 13,228 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-23 15:03:29
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, aerialview, washingtondc, naturalhistorybuilding, smithsoniancastle, nationalmall, artsandindustriesbuilding, freergallery, centermarket, blackandwhite, districtofcolumbia, smithsonianbuilding, aerial, architectur, whitehouse, president, washingt, city, aerialphotography, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Sunken Garden

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  • 9 favorites
  • 9,985 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-23 15:04:23
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, sunkengarden, saintlouis, missouri, garden, fair, exhibit, louisianapurchase, column, flag, louisianapurchaseexposition, expo, blackwhite, bw, saintlouis1904, piazza, architechture, city, oblisk, court, classical, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Untitled

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  • 0 comments
  • 1 favorite
  • 9,265 views
  • Date taken: 2005-06-15 13:21:12
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, housing, antique, black, white, urban, apartment, building, awning, residential, buildings, apartments, rowhouses, blackandwhite, vintage, brownstone, character, blue, cyan, city, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Trans-Mississippi Expo, Grand Court, Omaha

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  • 1 comment
  • 5 favorites
  • 9,018 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-23 15:04:17
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, omaha, transmississippiandinternationalexposition, fairground, mississippi, nebraska, grantcourt, reflectingpool, blackwhite, bw, clouds, water, cloud, blackandwhite, city, 1898exposition, omahaexpositiom, exposition, 1898, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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