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Photograph

O.N. Falk

Date: 1948
Description: Stoughton druggist, O.N. Falk, sorts the mail with a smile.
Photograph

Charles H. Hopkins

Date: 05 31 1935
Description: Charles H Hopkins, retiring postal employee, closing his rolltop desk for the last time. He was the superintendent of the East Side postal station, located...
Postcard

Postman Michael P. Adler

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait of mail carrier Michael P. Adler, with his mailbag, an armful of mail, and a parcel. He is standing in front of a painted backd...
Photograph

Postal Clerk with Christmas Mail

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Mrs. R.S. Briggs, postal clerk, with Christmas cards and packages.
Photograph

Walter J. Hyland

Date: 12 31 1948
Description: Portrait of Walter J. Hyland, retiring Madison postmaster, taken in his office behind a bouquet of roses presented to him by the postal clerks and supervis...
Photograph

Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' Association Auxiliary

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Mrs. Grace Haugen, DeForest (left), retiring president of the Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' Association Auxiliary, talking with the new president, Mrs...
Photograph

Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' Association Officers

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Vice-president Leslie Larson, McFarland, (left) and president Wilbur Johnson, Lake Mills, who were re-elected to head the Dane County Rural Letter Carriers...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: Nancy Wetzel, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, is shown putting pretzels in the mail boxes at Elizabeth Waters Hall, as part o...
Photograph

Alfred Plaenert

Date: 02 06 1954
Description: Portrait of Alfred Plaenert, a candidate for Madison postmaster general.
Photograph

Portrait of Postal Carrier Carl Wagner

Date: 1972
Description: Portrait of the postal carrier Carl Wagner on the porch of Sid's house, displaying a Life magazine in his arms, and holding a stack of mail.
Poster

"This is Art" Poster

Date: 1981
Description: Poster of Art Nesson, a well-known figure on State Street. Art made his living as a window washer, dishwasher and manual laborer. He is leaning on a mailbo...

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