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Photograph of rural carrier in automobile at mailboxes
Object Details
- Description
- Postal officials encouraged Rural Free Delivery (RFD) carriers to replace their horses and wagons with the latest in transportation technology. This unidentified carrier painted his early electric-motored vehicle in the same paint and identification scheme as the RFD wagons of the era. He is, no doubt, only able to complete his wintertime rounds thanks to a snow-plowed road. Automobiles 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. 1910
- Object number
- A.2010-2
- 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.2010-2
- Usage
- CC0
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