Postoffice [sic] Christmas rush in Chicago – Vintage Wall Art
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(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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Postoffice [sic] Christmas rush in Chicago comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Postoffice [sic] Christmas rush in Chicago
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Chicago's post office during the 1929 Christmas season is the subject here, a moment when holiday mail and parcels pushed the city's postal workers to their limits. By the late 1920s, parcel post had grown into a major part of the holiday rush, and sorting and delivering it meant long shifts, crowded work floors, and mail piled high for hand processing. Photographs like this one, held in the Library of Congress, record how that seasonal surge looked from inside the building. Look closely at the crowding and the scale of the mail to see why the season was known as a test of the whole system.
| Created / published | 1929 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | No. C. H. 504313 S"." |
| Subjects | Post offices--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. Postal service employees--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,178 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-191451 |
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