Silver Century Rural Free Delivery mailbox
Object Details
- Description
- This mailbox, manufactured by Silver Century, was used on a Rural Free Delivery route. It has a roll-top shaped opening and a red signal flag. The mailbox resembles a tin-plated iron cylinder with caps on each end. The cylinder is fixed at each end to a four-sided box structure with a heavy iron bar attached at each end and running the length of the mailbox. A thin strap handle runs vertically on one side of the cylinder.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 20th Century
- Object number
- 1992.2002.165
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 8 × 20 × 13 in. (20.32 × 50.8 × 33.02 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Mail Processing
- Record ID
- npm_1992.2002.165
