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Silver Century Rural Free Delivery mailbox
Object Details
- Description
- Silver Century manufactured this rural mailbox, which was designed to be bolted to a fence post and serviced by a postman on horseback. The cylindrical, hip-roofed style is counter-balanced to close automatically after mail is deposited at the top.
- This particular mailbox was used by a pioneer family in McLennan County, Texas. In order to display this mailbox in the exhibit "Reaching Rural America," the flag which was on the mailbox when it was donated was changed.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 20th Century
- Object number
- 1985.0235.1
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 8 × 18 1/2 × 13 in. (20.32 × 46.99 × 33.02 cm)
- Place
- Texas
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Mail Processing
- Record ID
- npm_1985.0235.1
- Usage
- CC0
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