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Medium:
paper; photo-emulsion
Type:
Photographs
Place:
California
United States of America
Date:
c. 1895
Description:
Employees driving a regulation mail wagon, size 3, on an unidentified San Francisco, California, street. The wagons were painted blue, with red and white features. The wagon was owned and operated by private companies that contracted with the Post Office Department for their use to carry sacks of mail between railroad depots and post offices.
Photographer: Unknown
Credit line:
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
Object number:
A.2008-31
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm834bc63a2-a181-4acb-b30e-445b5e8f4e7f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_A.2008-31