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Train Taking Up Mail Bag from a Mailcrane
Object Details
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- 12,506
- Video Title
- Train Taking Up Mail Bag from a Mailcrane
- Description
- Short, silent 1903 film demonstrating how "mail-on-the-fly" worked. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress. Learn more: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/collections/object-spotlight/railway-mail-crane
- Video Duration
- 53 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- Smithsonian "postal museum" "National Postal Museum" stamps philately post office history
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- YouTube Channel
- SmithsonianNPM
- Uploaded
- 2009-06-03T16:20:49.000Z
- Creator
- National Postal Museum
- Type
- YouTube Videos
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- SmithsonianNPM
- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Postal service;Letter mail handling;Stamp collecting
- Record ID
- yt_9qZV7sSz_iA
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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