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49 photos tagged postalservice, from 13 members of Flickr Commons.

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Tags that often appear on the same photos:

• usps
• mailacrossthecommons
• smithsonianinstitution
• nationalpostalmuseum
• mail
• mailman
• postoffice
• usmail
• postman
• mailbox
• blackandwhite
• postoffices
• miamidigitalcollections
• post
• lettercarrier
• men
• postofficedepartment
• uspostalservice
• uniform
• mailmen
• airmail
• delivery
• commons:collection=mail
• blackandwhitephoto

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• Smithsonian Institution 26 photos
• Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections 8 photos
• The Library of Congress 3 photos
• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 2 photos
• Cornell University Library 2 photos
• Salt Research 1 photo
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 1 photo
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1 photo
• UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 1 photo
• New York Public Library 1 photo
• Florida Memory 1 photo
• National Library of Scotland 1 photo

Conversations

Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos:

Letter Carrier Delivering Mail by Bicycle

from Smithsonian Institution

• 9 older comments, and then…
• desalinado said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called storytelling, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• hobvias sudoneighm said:

  This image has been used in the indicommons.org post: Delivering the Mail
  
  

• productive side said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called piece of heaven, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• productive side said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called soulful group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• productive side said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called a new world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Interior of a Trans World Airline (TWA) Skymaster

from Smithsonian Institution

• katy&dougy said:

  That couldn't have been comfortable.

• unci_narynin said:

  What does a flying postman need a gun for?

• bconover_12 said:

  How safe can that be ?

Dead letter department's sale of Christmas bargains (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• abberdab said:

  Fascinating. Can the Dead Letter Office still sell off "dead" contents?

• Envious Party said:

  Postmaster General Meyer, doesn't look too pleased about being photographed lol.

• Mark in NOVA said:

  That must have been a lot of hair pins.

• Beverly & Pack said:

  Dead letter mail is still auctioned off to this day.