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Objects are the core of a museum’s reason for being. They connect us with people and stories of days gone by, allowing us to better understand our past and even use that knowledge to reflect on our present.

The “Post Office Pembina” photograph, 1863

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1906 San Francisco Earthquake Cover

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1934 Airmail Scandal Cover

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1958 Overland Mail Stamp

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1962 World Cup First Day Cover from Chile

Peace Corps 1972 commemorative stamp

1972 Peace Corps Stamp

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5-cent Franklin Stamp

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5c Blue & Gray at Gettysburg Stamp

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A Century of Progress Fort Dearborn Stamp

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Absentee Voting in the Civil War: Ohio Cover

Front cover of a Record and Postal Account Book Class 4

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Advertisement for Airmail Service

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Advertisement for Emerson Electric

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Advertisement for Sheaffer's V-mail Writing Kit

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Airmail Pickup Canister

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Airmail Service Flag

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Alaskan Dog Sled

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Amelia Earhart Solo Transatlantic Cover

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Autographed Airmail Envelope

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Automobile and Driver's Robe

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Balloon "Jupiter" Airmail Flight Cover

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Bonbobi Mailbox

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Booker T. Washington Postage Stamp

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Bradley Postal Map

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CAM Route #2 Cover

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Camp Valley Forge Letter

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Chicago Fire Block of Burnt Stamps

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Church Street Post Office Sorting Unit

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Civil War Letter

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Cliff Clavin Uniform

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Collect on Delivery Tag

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Communications for Peace - Echo I stamp

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Concord Mail Coach

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Confederate Blockade-run Cover

5-cent Jefferson Davis De La Rue Confederate printing plate

Confederate Lost Plate

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Convention Badge and Ribbon

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Counter-top Post Office Unit

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Dead Letter Album

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Detonator Used in Mail Robbery

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Dillsburg, PA, Post Office

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Doremus Lamppost Mailbox

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Early Rotary Perforation Machine

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Farmers’ Bulletin Weather Reports

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First Automated Post Office Stamp

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Founding of Jamestown Die Proof

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French Cancelling Machine

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Gasoline Rationing Coupons

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Harding Mourning Stamp Block of Four

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Highway Post Office Bus

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Hindenburg Disaster Card

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Hindenburg Postcard Signed by Douglas Fairbanks

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Hope Diamond Package

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Hudson-Fulton Commemorative Stamp

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Hunt's Remedy Stamp

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John Wanamaker Portrait

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Joseph Warren’s Letter

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Juliette Gordon Low Approved Die Proof

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Lady McLeod Folded Letter

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Leavitt Cancelling Machine Patent Model

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Lipsner Appointment Letter

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Little America Post Office Safe

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Long Life Vehicle

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Money Order from USS Kanawha (AO-1)

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New England Galaxy Newspaper from 1820

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North Pole Flight Mail Sack

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Northern Pintails Federal Duck Stamp

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NPM Block of Four

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Overland Mail Employee's Notebook

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Panama Canal 25th Anniversary Proof

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Parcel Post Cup

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Parcel Post Map

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Pearl Harbor Cover

Old photograph of a rural post office building made of logs with 14 people and a farming cart in front of the building

Pembina Post Office Photograph

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Perforation Paddle

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Pneumatic Tube Canister

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Pony Express Mochila

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Post Office in a Jar

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Post Office in the Field Watercolor Painting

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Postal Hockey Jersey

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Postal Savings Certificate of Deposit

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Railway Mail Crane

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Regulus Missile Mail Letter

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RFD Carriage Heater

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San Francisco Earthquake Cover

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Sav-A-Stamp Postal Scale

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Schermack Stamp Vending Machine

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Segregated Saddlebag

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Special Passport for a Postal Employee

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Terre Haute Postman Wagon Model

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The Robertson Confederate Pane

Transorma Mail Sorting Machine sign

Transorma Mail Sorting Machine Sign

two imperforate Ukraine trident overprint stamps

Ukrainian Trident Overprint Stamps

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US Postal Bag Prototype

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USS Nautilus Handstamp

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USS Oklahoma Handstamp

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V-Mail Letter Sheets

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Vietnam-War Audio Correspondence

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Washington City Old Post Office Architectural Model

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World's First Official Air Mail by Airplane, India, 1911

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ZIP Code Comic Book

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