postofficedepartment

14 photos and 1 illustration tagged postofficedepartment, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1908

2013

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British Library digitised image from page 620 of "The United States of America. A study of the American Commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education and self-government [By from British Library uploaded April 2016
Dead letter department's sale of Christmas bargains (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2009
Snorkel Chute Curbside Mailbox from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
New York City Postmaster Thomas G. Patten and airmail pilot Lt. Torrey Webb from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
JR-1B mail airplane designed by the Standard Aircraft Corporation from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
JR-1B mail airplane designed by the Standard Aircraft Corporation from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Airmail Pilot Ira Biffle from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Letter Carrier Delivering Mail from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Letter Carrier Delivering Mail by Bicycle from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Letter Carrier Collecting Mail from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Letter Carrier in Snow from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2008
Omaha, Nebraska Airmail Field from Smithsonian Institution uploaded May 2008
Airmail Pilot E. Hamilton Lee from Smithsonian Institution uploaded May 2008
Airmail Plane on Take Off from Smithsonian Institution uploaded May 2008
Wrecked Airmail Plane from Smithsonian Institution uploaded May 2008

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Letter Carrier in Snow

from Smithsonian Institution

katy&dougy said:
Not in rain or snow or really wet snow I guess.
conniemichelle said:
He looks a tad bit like Ed Wynn. :) I love this picture. It should be a holiday greeting card

Airmail Plane on Take Off

from Smithsonian Institution

Pixel Wrangler said:
A very famous stamp was issued in 1918 to commemorate this event:

"1918 “Jenny” Airmail Stamp" by National Postal Museum

Airmail Pilot E. Hamilton Lee

from Smithsonian Institution

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. ..."