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[Mailman emptying mailbox, automobile marked United Mail" at curb]" – Vintage Wall Art

[Mailman emptying mailbox, automobile marked United Mail" at curb]", [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
[Mailman emptying mailbox, automobile marked United Mail" at curb]", [between 1909 and 1932]. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Mailman emptying mailbox, automobile marked United Mail" at curb]" comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A carrier stands at the curb emptying a street letter box, with an automobile lettered "United Mail" parked nearby. The picture dates from between 1909 and 1932, a period when motor vehicles were gradually taking over work that horse-drawn wagons had long done. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio active in Washington, D.C., made this print, and its scenes of city streets and daily work offer a useful record of how mail collection looked as the automobile came into use. The vehicle's lettering is a good detail to study.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection. No. 8627.
SubjectsPostal service--1900-1940. Mail trucks--1900-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,002 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168674

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