Arago: Mail Processing

Mail Processing

Photograph of postal clerks sorting mail

Description:

Room filled with postal clerks and letter carriers sorting and processing mail. Workers in main post offices in large cities processed thousands of pieces of mail by hand every day before the development of mail processing machines.

Photographer: Unknown

Date:

c. 1890

Medium:

paper; photo-emulsion

Museum ID:

A.2006-41

Place:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Credits:

National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photographer: Unknown

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Letter carrier
Post Office

Postal clerks sorting mail
Photographer: Unknown
Date created: c. 1890
Room filled with postal clerks and letter carriers sorting and processing mail. Workers in main post offices in large cities processed thousands of pieces of mail by hand every day before the development of mail processing machines.
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection

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