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31 photos and 2 illustrations tagged postman, from 11 members of Flickr Commons.

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Related tags

Tags that often appear on the same photos & illustrations:

• mail
• mailacrossthecommons
• mailman
• post
• smithsonianinstitution
• nationalpostalmuseum
• usps
• postoffice
• postalservice
• usmail
• snow
• lettercarrier
• cards
• newyear
• happy
• postcard
• postes
• vintage
• libraryofcongress
• mailbox
• commons:collection=mail
• uniform
• blackandwhite
• horse

Members using this tag

• Smithsonian Institution 14 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 5 photos & illustrations
• Nasjonalarkivet (The National Archives of Norway) 5 photos & illustrations
• British Library 2 photos & illustrations
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 1 photo / illustration
• Mennonite Church USA Archives 1 photo / illustration
• Nasjonalbiblioteket 1 photo / illustration
• Museum of Hartlepool 1 photo / illustration
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• State Library of Queensland 1 photo / illustration
• Nationaal Archief 1 photo / illustration

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Parcel Post Truck and Carrier

from Smithsonian Institution

• 26 older comments, and then…
• BigBean said:

  this almost looks like a Christmas card!

• David Traver Adolphus said:

  Almost certainly a Ford. Anyone?

• Terrific Lake said:

  best shot

• cardensphoto said:

  I love this photo!

• nathy_0308 said:

  I love history, so naturally, I love seeing photos like this. I love how it gives us a glimpse of how life used to be.

Regulation Wagon

from Smithsonian Institution

• Wolf251982 said:

  Beautiful Horses

Postman (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• calm respect said:

  Wow! now that is when paper was the main means of communicating. Letters, newspapers, magazines, postcards, advertising, billing etc. How time has changed and seemed like it took so long but really it happened so fast. Aren't we of a generation that knows and remembers BOTH, the most important generation for input of all ? My parents lived during the great Depression. The stories I CAN tell are amazing . And I lived during the 60's thru now. I am a decent graphic digital artist. If that isn't amazing , then what is ,

• swanq said:

  See
  The date on the issue of The Literary Digest is May 22, 1920.