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Church Street Post Office mail sack
Object Details
- Description
- How can ordinary objects tell extraordinary stories? On September 11, 2001, postal clerks were using this ordinary mailbag to haul mail at the Church Street Post Office that serviced the World Trade Center in New York City. Luckily no postal employees lost their lives in the terrorist attacks that day. The bag was recovered from the damaged post office; as a part of the National Postal Museum's permanent collection, this simple mail bag can be be used to tell the story of postal workers on a tremendous day in American history.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 11, 2001
- Object number
- 2002.2002.17
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- canvas; ink; metal; leather
- Dimensions
- 37 x 23 in (94 x 58.4 cm)
- Place
- New York
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Associated Event
- 9/11/2001: Destruction of World Trade Center, New York City
- Topic
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Mail Processing
- Record ID
- npm_2002.2002.17
- Usage
- CC0
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