Photograph of letter carriers in Concord, New Hampshire

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Description
Group of eleven unidentified letter carriers stand in front of the Concord, New Hampshire, post office. The post office, designed by James Riss Hill, was built in 1889. The carriers are posed with leather satchels full of mail and wearing uniforms, including caps with service badges, most in the wreath-style, that bear their individual identification numbers.
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photographer: Unknown
Credit line
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
c. 1890
Object number
A.2009-39
Type
Photographs
Medium
paper; photo-emulsion
Dimensions
Height x Width (unframed): 5 x 8 in. (12.7 x 20.32 cm)
Place
New Hampshire
United States of America
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Record ID
npm_A.2009-39
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm83c945a01-c5ce-42e0-8924-85209716bc93
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