Photograph of postal clerks sorting mail

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Description
Room filled with postal clerks and letter carriers sorting and processing mail. Workers in main post offices in large cities processed thousands of pieces of mail by hand every day before the development of mail processing machines.
Photographer: Unknown
Credit line
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
c. 1890
Object number
A.2006-41
Type
Photographs
Medium
paper; photo-emulsion
Place
United States of America
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Record ID
npm_A.2006-41
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm878cbcdad-93e0-46eb-9d3b-9a8d52258397

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