Postal_Clerks_Sorting_Mail_(2551076368).jpg

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Description : Workers in main post offices in large cities sorted and processed thousands of pieces of mail by hand every day before the development of mail processing machines.

Creator/Photographer : Unidentified photographer

Medium : Black and white photographic print

Culture : American

Geography : USA

Date : 1890

Collection : U.S. Postal Employees

Persistent URL : arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194293

Repository : National Postal Museum

Accession number : A.2006-41
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Source Postal Clerks Sorting Mail
Author Smithsonian Institution from United States
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