Steven Dohanos, Barefoot Mailman Mural, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1940
Barefoot Mailman Summary The barefoot mailmen of Florida worked as carriers on the first U.S. mail route from Palm Beach to Miami. It took them three…
Tags: Florida, Hillsboro Inlet, James Edward Hamilton, Postal Service
American Pioneer Trails Association, Pony Express Route 1860-1861, Library of Congress, 1960
Issued by the American Pioneer Trails Association in commemoration of the Pony Express Centennial, April 3, 1960 - October 24, 1961. This pictorial…
Tags: Pioneer Trails, Pony Express, Postal Service
Office of War Information domestic photographic units, V-Mail During World War II, Library of Congress, Circa 1942
In both world wars, letter writing was a popular means of improving the morale of troops overseas. During the latter years of World War II, V-mail…
Tags: Postal Service, V-Mail, War, World War II, WWII
U.S. Postal Service, First US Postage Stamp 1847, U.S. Postal Service, 1847
Benjamin Franklyn, one of the U.S. Founding Fathers, was the first Postmaster General under the Continental Congress. In 1775, Franklin served as a…
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Post Office, Postage Stamp, Postal Service
H. Finkelstein & Son, James Farley Post Office, General Post Office (New York), 1910-1920
The James A. Farley Post Office Building is the main post office building in New York City. Its ZIP code designation is 10001. Built in 1912, the…
Tags: 9/11, James A. Farley, NY, Post Office, Postal Service, Transit, WTC
Smithsonian Institution, Postmaster General James A. Farley, Smithsonian Institution, 1938
Postmaster General James Aloysius Farley among the hundreds of thousands of letters sent during National Air Mail Week, which celebrated the 20th…
Tags: Air Mail, Biography, James A. Farley, Postal Service
Harris & Ewing, Mail Pilot Charles Lindbergh, Famous American Aviator, Library of Congress , Between 1905 and 1945
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. After…
Tags: Air Mail, Atlantic Ocean, Aviation, Charles Lindbergh
Bain News Service, Postmaster John Wanamaker, Library of Congress, July 22, 1915
When John Wanamaker was appointed to be the Post Master General in 1889, he implemented many changes that are still in use today. He started the use…
Tags: Commemorative Stamps, John Wanamaker, Mail Tubes, Post Master General, Postal Service, Rural Service
Library of Congress, Congresswoman Cecil Murray Harden, Advocate of Women Post Office Workers, Library of Congress, 1949-1959
Cecil Harden had served as a congresswoman before Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield appointed her as Special Assistant for Women's Affairs.…
Tags: Cecil Murray Harden, Congresswoman, Postal Service, Women
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, First United States Postmaster Benjamin Franklin, Metropolitan Museum of Art, ca. 1778
Franklin was appointed postmaster of Philadelphia by the British Crown Post in 1737. Newspaper publishers often served as postmasters, which helped…
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, London, Newspapers, Penny Post, Post Master General, Post Office, Postal Service
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