14 Photos That Will Restore Your Faith In The U.S. Postal Service
14 photos
United States mail train in New York, 1900.
Courtesy of the MCNYEastern Cooperative League mailing checks, 1943.
Courtesy of the MCNYL-R: West Broadway and Worth Street. Box in main hall, Western Union Building; Mailbox in Chrysler Building; Woolworth Building. Cutler mailbox in entrance hall.
Courtesy of the MCNYDispatching the first pouch of airmail from Long Island. September 23, 1911.
Courtesy of the MCNY"A letter carrier standing in front of a mailbox at Mott Street above Park Row," 1903.
Courtesy of the MCNY"Here is the story of the U.S. Postal Service in it's never-ending battle with Time and Space," reads the jacket of this book cover from 1939.
Courtesy of the NYPLReal, beautiful mail. This is from 1910, "an early ship-to-shore attempt from the S. S. Pennsylvania).
Courtesy of the NYPLPost office at 226 East 106th Street post office, 1933.
Courtesy of the NYPLPostal workers outside a post office in Brooklyn, 1900.
Courtesy of the MCNYEarly 1900s mail carrier in New York City.
Courtesy of the NYPLFrom Scientific American, 1890. "I. Delivery of sacks and pouches for the outgoing mail; 2. Interior of city drops, facing up letters; 3. Carriers' and stamping clerks'table; 4. General view of main office; 5. Amphitheater for distribution of newspapers; 6. Corridor and private letter boxes; 7. Separating newspapers for city delivery; 8. Newspaper and bulk mail chutes; 9. Storage room for empty bags."
Courtesy of the NYPLMail mail mail! 1905, NYC.
Courtesy of the NYPL