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The master bedroom was once a parcels sorting area in this old travelling post office, which has now been converted into holiday accommodation in St Germans, Cornwall. Caravan, Tiny Houses, Interior, Jena, Vans, Home, Architecture, Tiny House On Wheels, Tiny House Swoon
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The master bedroom was once a parcels sorting area in this old travelling post office, which has now been converted into holiday accommodation in St Germans, Cornwall.
C.D. Ellis (seated), mail clerk, and D.K. Jobe (standing), baggage clerk, on "Tweetsie," Train No. 11 of the East Tennessee and Western North carolina railroad North Carolina, Tennessee, East Tennessee, Johnson City Tennessee, Johnson City, Tennessee Land, Old Trains, Railroad Pictures, Railroad Photography
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C.D. Ellis (seated), mail clerk, and D.K. Jobe (standing), baggage clerk, on "Tweetsie," Train No. 11 of the East Tennessee and Western North carolina railroad
Railway Post Office, 1940 In Carson City, Nevada, men load mail into Railway Post Office No. 13 of the Virginia & Truckee Railway, which carried mail between Reno and Minden, Nevada, until 1950. Through the early 20th century Railway Post Offices were a dangerous place to be on a train – they were of relatively lightweight construction and were located near the front of the train, behind the much-heavier locomotive. York, Going Postal, Carson City, Wagon Cars, Postal Worker, Railroad, Locomotive, United States, Carson
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Railway Post Office, 1940 In Carson City, Nevada, men load mail into Railway Post Office No. 13 of the Virginia & Truckee Railway, which carried mail between Reno and Minden, Nevada, until 1950. Through the early 20th century Railway Post Offices were a dangerous place to be on a train – they were of relatively lightweight construction and were located near the front of the train, behind the much-heavier locomotive.
Streetcars were used as railway post office cars in Washington DC. Street Cars, Courier, Stagecoach, Washington Dc, Mail Delivery, Return Address
Streetcars were used as railway post office cars in Washington DC.
Railway mail clerk, 1916 This railway mail clerk leaning on the catcher arm of a Kansas City Southern Railway Post Office was photographed by Lewis W. Hine in Springfield, Missouri, in August 1916. At the time, Hine was working for the National Child Labor Committee. One of the most influential American photographers, Hine was honored in 2002 with a 37-cent stamp, part of the Masters of American Photography issue. Masters, San Diego, Train Station, Us Postal Service, Southern Railways, American Photography
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Railway mail clerk, 1916 This railway mail clerk leaning on the catcher arm of a Kansas City Southern Railway Post Office was photographed by Lewis W. Hine in Springfield, Missouri, in August 1916. At the time, Hine was working for the National Child Labor Committee. One of the most influential American photographers, Hine was honored in 2002 with a 37-cent stamp, part of the Masters of American Photography issue.
Railway mail clerks sort mail in a traveling Railway Post Office. Railway mail clerks had one of the toughest jobs in the Post Office Department, sorting mail on swaying and lurching trains from 1864 to 1977. Although electric lighting was installed in some cars beginning in the 1890s, oil lamps continued to be used for decades. Ideas, Service Design, Train Room, Model Railroad, Post Office, Mail Room
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Railway mail clerks sort mail in a traveling Railway Post Office. Railway mail clerks had one of the toughest jobs in the Post Office Department, sorting mail on swaying and lurching trains from 1864 to 1977. Although electric lighting was installed in some cars beginning in the 1890s, oil lamps continued to be used for decades.
Men load mail into the storage section of a 30-foot Railway Post Office car at a station along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in northern Florida in June 1940. This photograph was taken by Photographer Marion Post Wolcott during the 3 ½ years she spent documenting rural America for the U.S. Farm Security Administration. Federal, Rolling Stock, Stock Car, Railroad History, Train Museum
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Men load mail into the storage section of a 30-foot Railway Post Office car at a station along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in northern Florida in June 1940. This photograph was taken by Photographer Marion Post Wolcott during the 3 ½ years she spent documenting rural America for the U.S. Farm Security Administration.
United States mail train in New York, 1900. (Courtesy of the MCNY) New York City, Vintage Photos, Vintage New York, Museums, Zug, Washington Square Park, United States Postal Service, York City
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United States mail train in New York, 1900. (Courtesy of the MCNY)
Inside a Railway Post Office, 1945 Clerks sort mail inside a Railway Post Office (RPO). Railway mail clerks “dressed” RPOs before each run by hanging sacks on the iron racks and then labeling them with the destination Post Offices along a particular run. Letter sorting machines, which began appearing in postal facilities in the 1960s, gradually reduced the need for manual sorting of mail, including en route in RPOs. Vintage, Retro, Seattle
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Inside a Railway Post Office, 1945 Clerks sort mail inside a Railway Post Office (RPO). Railway mail clerks “dressed” RPOs before each run by hanging sacks on the iron racks and then labeling them with the destination Post Offices along a particular run. Letter sorting machines, which began appearing in postal facilities in the 1960s, gradually reduced the need for manual sorting of mail, including en route in RPOs.
Cigarette Card - Inside a Railway Post Office Ogden's Cigarettes "Royal Mail" - #33 Interior of a railway Post Office Old Post Office, Deliver, Mail Call, Post Box
Cigarette Card - Inside a Railway Post Office
Cigarette Card - Inside a Railway Post Office Ogden's Cigarettes "Royal Mail" - #33 Interior of a railway Post Office
Wow, what an amazing space! Excerpt (Wiki): "Interior of Great Northern Railway Post Office Car 42 at the California State Railroad Museum" Old Train, Train Layouts, Great Northern Railroad
Wow, what an amazing space! Excerpt (Wiki): "Interior of Great Northern Railway Post Office Car 42 at the California State Railroad Museum"
Wow, what an amazing space! Excerpt (Wiki): "Interior of Great Northern Railway Post Office Car 42 at the California State Railroad Museum"
Wow, what an amazing space! Excerpt (Wiki): "Interior of Great Northern Railway Post Office Car 42 at the California State Railroad Museum"