Postal Service Collection (#9)

Post office Department - Motor Cycle Postman, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department - Motor Cycle Postman, 1912. [USA]

Democratic National Convention - Frank Harris Hitchcock, Postmaster General, 1909-1913, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Democratic National Convention - Frank Harris Hitchcock, Postmaster General, 1909-1913, 1912

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA]

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA. A catcher pouch was grabbed by the catcher mechanism in the passing train

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA. A catcher pouch was grabbed by the catcher mechanism in the passing train

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA]

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA. Mail is dropped from a passing train. This system was used between the 1870s and the 1930s]

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA. A catcher pouch was grabbed by the catcher mechanism in the passing train

Benning Races - August Belmont; Mrs. Donald Cameron; Sec. Meyer. 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Benning Races - August Belmont; Mrs. Donald Cameron; Secretary Meyer, 1912. [Racecourse, Washington, DC: businessman and financier August Belmont; Elizabeth Sherman, wife of James Donald Cameron

Benning Races - August Belmont And Mrs. Donald Cameron, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Benning Races - August Belmont And Mrs. Donald Cameron, 1912. [Benning Race Track in Washington, D.C. opened in 1890. Businessman and financier August Belmont; Elizabeth Sherman

Post office Department Mail Box, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Post office Department Mail Box, 1911
Post office Department Mail Box, 1911. [USA]

City Post Office, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. City Post Office, between 1910 and 1920
City Post Office, between 1910 and 1920

District of Columbia - Suffrage Voting For District, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
District of Columbia - Suffrage Voting For District, 1912. Straw Vote Polling Booth for Men and Women'...[American women won the national vote in 1920 with the passing of the 19th Amendment]

District of Columbia - Suffrage Voting For District, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
District of Columbia - Suffrage Voting For District, 1912

Battleship Review, Unidentified Naval officer; Postmaster General Hitchcock; Dr. Cary... 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Battleship Review, Unidentified Naval officer; Postmaster General Hitchcock; Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U.S.N. 1912. [Frank Harris Hitchcock was Postmaster General of the United States

Post office and postmistress, view number two, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Post office and postmistress, view number two. Widtsoe, Utah

Man in front of post office, Carey, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man in front of post office. Carey, Texas. This town is fast becoming a ghost town because of mechanization of cotton and displacement of tenant farmers

Widtsoe post office, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Widtsoe post office. Utah

Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, who formerly obtained a livelihood from the lumber industry

Post office, Lower East Side, New York City, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New York City. Post office, Lower East Side. ['World War Veterans - Applications for the Bonus filled out here']

Post office, Finlay, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Post office. Finlay, Texas

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

New large-scale cotton farming district, Buttonwillow, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Buttonwillow, California. New large-scale cotton farming district. [Signs: Buttonwillow Post Office, Fresh Meats and Vegetables - Buttonwillow Food Center - Workingman's Store']

New large-scale cotton farming district, Buttonwillow, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Buttonwillow, California. New large-scale cotton farming district. [Signs: Buttonwillow Post Office, Fresh Meats and Vegetables - Buttonwillow Food Center - Workingman's Store - featuring Golden

Grand Procession at Plymouth, on the First Despatch of the Cape Mails, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Grand Procession at Plymouth, on the First Despatch of the Cape Mails, 1850....the port was first opened as a Government Mail-Packet Station

Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850....a young lady...was to be placed in a convent, by her father, if she did not procure...one million of used postage stamps

New Letter-Box, at Paris, 1850. Creator: Unknown
New Letter-Box, at Paris, 1850. The reduction of the rate of postage in France has suggested the adoption of a new form of Letter-box from Belgium

Astrakhan Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Astrakhan Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

The Irish Guards leaving St. James Palace after Changing Guard, 1933. Creator: Unknown
The Irish Guards leaving St. James Palace after Changing Guard, 1933. One of the great tourist attractions of London: This ceremony takes place every morning at 10.30 at St James Palace

Court of Honour, Coronation Exhibition, London, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Court of Honour, Coronation Exhibition, London, 1911. Mughal style buildings. The Coronation Exhibition, at White City in west London

Coronation Exhibition, Wood Lane entrance, London, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Coronation Exhibition, Wood Lane entrance, London, 1911. The Coronation Exhibition, at White City in west London, was held to celebrate the coronation of King George V

Sheet of 60 Cinderella stamps commemorating King George VIs coronation, 1937. Cinderella stamps is a term used for stamps not issued for postal purposes

Carlos Dieppa Building, Ford, Mercury, Lincoln Service, Barranquilla, c1940s. From Barranquilla. [Raul de la Espriella B. Barranquilla]

Eternit Asbestos-Cement Roofing Material Factory, Barranquilla, c1940s. From Barranquilla. [Raul de la Espriella B. Barranquilla]

Block of twenty Penny Black stamps, 1840, (1910). Valuable one-penny British stamps with the head of Queen Victoria. Illustration from The Connoisseur, (July 1910)

Canadian Winter Sports: A Jolly Trio, Grenadier Pond, Toronto, Canada, 20th Century

People rushing to post their letters at the General post office, London, at six 'o' clock
19th Century, 6 P.M. sharp, Archival, Archive, busiest, Closed, Communication, Customers, England, English, Engraving, Historical, History, Illustration, Letter Box, London, Mail, Old, Period

Horses pulling U.S. Mail sled, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Unknown
Horses pulling U.S. Mail sled, between c1900 and 1927

Post Office, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Post Office, between c1900 and 1916

Portraits of envoys at the Portsmouth Peace Conference, Baron Komura and Kogoro... c1905. Creator: Edmund Noble
Portraits of envoys at the Portsmouth Peace Conference, Baron Komura and Kogoro Takahira (left), M. Witte and Baron Rosen (right), and President Theodore Roosevelt (center)

Postcard celebrating the signing of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, c1905. Creator: Edmund Noble
Postcard celebrating the signing of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, c1905. Portraits of President Theodore Roosevelt, Czar Nicholas II, the Mikado, Count Sergei Witt, Baron de Rosen

Postal station, 1862-1887. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
Postal station, 1862-1887. From an album of 32 original watercolors from the library of Tsar Nicholas II. The subjects include scenes from Tobol'sk, Berezov, Obdorsk (present-day Salekhard)

Post office, between c1906 and c1915. Creator: Eric A. Hegg
Post office, between c1906 and c1915

Tomsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Tomsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Perm Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Perm Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

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"The Evolution of Postal Service: A Journey through Time and Places" Step into the grandeur of history at The Palace of Versailles, Paris, France in the early 20th century. Amidst opulence and splendor, postal messengers weaved their way through corridors to deliver messages from far-off lands. Travel back to Bodinnick, Fowey in the 1930s where postmen traversed quaint streets lined with charming cottages. Their dedicated footsteps echoed stories of love and duty as they faithfully delivered heartfelt letters to eager recipients. In the year 1914, amidst a world engulfed in turmoil, Twixt Love and Duty stood a postman's dilemma. With unwavering commitment, he braved adversity to ensure that words of affection reached their intended destinations. Fast forward to 1960 when a humble postman emptied letterboxes across neighborhoods. Each clink resonated with anticipation as communities eagerly awaited news from distant loved ones or important updates from afar. Crossing The Bridge of Sighs at Hertford College, Oxford University in the early 20th century was not only an academic pursuit but also a moment for mail carriers to connect minds separated by distance. They bridged gaps between scholars hungry for knowledge and ideas. Miss Lily Elsie graced stages during her time on Earth (1886-1962), captivating audiences with her performance in The Merry Widow around c1930. Behind the scenes, diligent postal workers ensured fan mail reached this beloved actress who brought joy into countless lives. Witness history unfold as Santos Dumont's Air-ship gracefully rounded the Eiffel Tower on October 19th, 1901 (c1910). In this remarkable feat of engineering marvels soared high above Parisian rooftops carrying parcels destined for new horizons - revolutionizing global communication forevermore. The National Gallery and St Martin in the Fields adorned Trafalgar Square, London in c1910.