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Refrigeration box for parcel post, City Post Office, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

Refrigeration box for parcel post, City Post Office, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1925] — historic photograph
Refrigeration box for parcel post, City Post Office, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1925]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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A refrigerated box for parcel post, photographed at the City Post Office in Washington, shows how the mail system adapted to a new kind of shipping. Parcel post began in the United States on January 1, 1913, and refrigerated containers like this one were intended to keep perishable goods, such as meat, fish, and dairy, from spoiling in transit. The National Photo Company, which recorded the capital and sold views of it, made the image on glass. The negative shows streaks and other blemishes from deterioration of its original coating, and its date is estimated from related negatives in the same range.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1925]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,963 × 5,314 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261230

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