The Christmas Post Office A La Carte Has Made Its Appearance on National Capitol Streets – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: The Christmas Post Office A La Carte Has Made Its Appearance on National Capitol Streets, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Christmas Post Office A La Carte Has Made Its Appearance on National Capitol Streets
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A horse-free "post office on wheels" rolled through the streets of Washington, D.C., in December 1921, according to the caption, which pairs a mail truck with Santa Claus and holiday decorations. The picture was made by the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded daily life in the capital in the early 1920s. By then motor trucks were steadily replacing horse-drawn wagons in city mail service, and the holiday rush brought heavy parcel and card traffic. The staged, festive scene shows how the Post Office Department tried to promote its work to the public during the busiest mailing season of the year.
| Created / published | Dec. 10, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photographic print |
| Notes | Photoprint by National Photo Co |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,495 × 1,049 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165334 |
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