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City Free Delivery mailbox
Object Details
- Description
- This rectangular, glass mailbox has a metal cover and magazine grip. Markings on the pressed-glass body include "Visible Mail" in low relief and the maker's name, George Collins. Holton's Visible Mail Box of Chicago, Illinois, produced "Visible Mail" boxes during the first part of the twentieth century.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- early 20th century
- Object number
- 1978.2247.6
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- glass; aluminum
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 13 1/4 × 6 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (33.66 × 17.15 × 9.53 cm)
- Place
- Illinois
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Mail Processing
- Record ID
- npm_1978.2247.6
- Usage
- CC0
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