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Photograph of rural carrier in automobile at mailbox
Object Details
- Description
- An unidentified, enterprising Rural Free Delivery (RFD) carrier tries out a car on his snowy route to show off for a Post Office Department photographer. The Department hoped to encourage carriers to replace their horses and wagons with the latest in transportation technology. Few carriers did so. Vehicles at the time were not yet adequate replacements for horses, wagons, and sleds on rural roads.
- Credit line
- National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- c. 1905
- Object number
- A.2010-1
- Type
- Photographs
- Medium
- paper; photo-emulsion
- Dimensions
- Height x Width (unframed): 2 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (5.72 x 11.43 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Transportation
- Record ID
- npm_A.2010-1
- Usage
- CC0
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