Arago: Mail Processing

Mail Processing

Photograph of postal clerks processing mail

Description:

A row of five postal clerks test the Gehring Mail Distributing Machine in the city post office building in Washington, DC. The building currently houses the National Postal Museum.

Photographer: Unknown

Date:

1923

Medium:

paper; photo-emulsion

Museum ID:

A.2006-28

Place:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Place:

District of Columbia

Credits:

National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photographer: Unknown

Glossary

Post Office

Row of postal clerks processing mail
Photographer: Unknown
Date created: c. 1900
A row of five postal clerks seated at a series of canceling machines in the city post office building in Washington, DC. The building currently houses the National Postal Museum.
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection

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