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- City letter carrier chest badge, number 76
City letter carrier chest badge, number 76
Object Details
- Description
- U.S. Post Office Department City Delivery Service chest badge, number 76, with vertical tension pin and clasp on verso.
- The badge shown is an example of the 'pointed shield' design that did not meet U.S. Post Office specifications. It was worn by an Omaha letter carrier during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- early 1900s
- Object number
- 1996.2010.48
- Associated Organization
- City Free Delivery Service
- Manufacturer
- J. P. Cooke Company
- Type
- Employee Gear
- Medium
- metal (nickel silver)
- Dimensions
- 0.325 x 1.325 x 1.6875 in. (0.8255 x 3.3655 x 4.28625 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Postal Employees
- Record ID
- npm_1996.2010.48
- Usage
- CC0
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