postalservice
49 photos tagged postalservice, from 13 members of Flickr Commons.
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- usps
- mailacrossthecommons
- smithsonianinstitution
- nationalpostalmuseum
- mailman
- postoffice
- usmail
- postman
- mailbox
- blackandwhite
- postoffices
- miamidigitalcollections
- post
- lettercarrier
- men
- postofficedepartment
- uspostalservice
- uniform
- mailmen
- airmail
- delivery
- commons:collection=mail
- blackandwhitephoto
Members using this tag
- Smithsonian Institution
- Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections
- The Library of Congress
- Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
- Cornell University Library
- Salt Research
- National Library of Ireland on The Commons
- SMU Libraries Digital Collections
- UA Archives | Upper Arlington History
- New York Public Library
- Florida Memory
- National Library of Scotland
Photos
A selection of photos tagged postalservice:
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Recent uploads
The last upload was December 2022.
[Snow, Washington, D.C.] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded December 2022
HC03359 from Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County uploaded May 2018
[Man in Buggy Delivering Mail] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded December 2015
Post Office, Canton from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded January 2015
Post Office from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded January 2015
Post Office Building, Athens, Ohio. from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
Post Office, Athens, Ohio from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
Post Office, Canton, Ohio. from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
Post Office, Canton, Ohio. from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
A Letter From Elena Pecci to Aurora Fabiato from Salt Research uploaded March 2014
Post Office, Athens, Ohio from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded February 2014
Post Office Building, Athens, Ohio. from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded February 2014
New scooters for mailmen in Tallahassee, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded September 2013
Quite a Modern Institution from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded October 2011
Conversations
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Girl Mailing a Letter
- Úbeda y un cordero en Flandes said:
- Brian Henry Thompson said:
- outrageous judge said:
Letter Carrier in Snow
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katy&dougy said:
Not in rain or snow or really wet snow I guess.
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conniemichelle said:
He looks a tad bit like Ed Wynn. :) I love this picture. It should be a holiday greeting card
Airmail Pilot E. Hamilton Lee
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Pixel Wrangler said:
From National Postal Museum: " Along with Jack Knight, E. Hamilton Lee was one of the most remarkable pilots to come out of the U.S. Air Mail Service. Lee was born in Paris, Illinois on April 18, 1892. He made his first solo flight on June 16, 1916 at Ashburn Field in Chicago. "Many of the U.S. Air Mail Pilots were in love with the danger of flight, as much as the fun and excitement, and many took risks that were not part of flying the mail. Lee could certainly count himself among that crowd, until a particular incident in which he survived a crash after trying to "buzz" a group of men on a Mississippi River boat. Lee did not see wires that lined the side of one river bank, and his landing gear and one wing caught them, forcing him down. "Fortunately, he survived the crash, but determined then and there to live to the credo that there are "old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold, pilots. ..."