The Christmas post office A la carte" has made its appearance on national capitol streets" – Antique Photo Print
(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 December 10, 1921 photograph from Washington, D.C., this picture pairs the postal service with Santa Claus, and its title announces a "Christmas post office" appearing on the capital's streets. The National Photo Company print shows mail vehicles dressed in festive decorations, which suggests a publicity effort to turn the holiday mail rush into a public spectacle. By the early 1920s, the parcel post system begun in 1913 had made December an especially busy time for the Post Office, and displays like this one helped bring that seasonal work into view. The image offers a useful glimpse of how the holiday mailing season was presented to the public as well as carried out behind the scenes.
| Created / published | 1921 Dec. 10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Photoprint by National Photo Co. |
| Subjects | United States Postal Service--Public relations--1920-1930. Santa Claus--1920-1930. Mail trucks--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Festive decorations--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Postal service--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,128 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165334 |
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