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Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:11:36 +0000

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mail processing

Mail Trolley

Smithsonian's National Postal Museum

U.S. Postal Service

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<p>In October 1891, flourishing after a long period of Civil-War stagnation, the city of St. Louis got America’s first mail trolley up and rolling through [&#8230;]</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://insider.si.edu/2017/06/mail-trolley-travels-brief-efficient-era-u-s-city-postal-history/">&#8220;Mail Trolleys&#8221; tracks era when mail was sorted all across town</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://insider.si.edu">Smithsonian Insider</a>.</p>

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