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| Date: | 10 26 1949 |
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| Description: | The 15th Anniversary Banquet of the Four Lakes Auxiliary, Number 508, National Association of Letter Carriers. Pictured, left to right, are Mrs. Alexandria... |
| Date: | 11 30 1970 |
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| Description: | A poster using the cartoon character Dick Tracy to advertise the use of zip codes. The United States Postal Service's cartoon character Mr. Zip appears on ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | An International U.S. D-15 mail truck used by American Airlines is parked with its rear doors open on a runway in front of an airplane. Two men are working... |
| Date: | 12 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Henry Olson, a post office employee of nine years, was loading parcel post packages at the Madison post office this week, signalizing the start of the Chri... |
| Date: | 12 20 1949 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers at the main post office located at 215 Monona Avenue to post their Christmas mail. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A conductor leads a band made up of school-age children as well as a few adults at a Civilian Defense Rally. They are playing outdoors in front of the Post... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A large, two-story wood building with nine over six windows identified as an inn; at the time of the photograph it served as the Butte des Morts Post Offic... |
| Date: | 07 31 1960 |
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| Description: | View of a tree and mailbox, with a farmhouse behind below road level along a rural highway. There is a hill in the background with trees. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Two women and a girl stand near a counter inside a general store as a man shows them a product. A cat and a dog sleep on the floor in the background, and a... |
| Date: | 08 23 1964 |
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| Description: | A road intersection, surrounded by woods. Four mailboxes and several road signs are visible. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting the United Airlines as both a passenger airplane and an Air Mail airplane. The poster states, "This new United Air Lines "... |
| Date: | 12 29 1950 |
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| Description: | U.S. postman Nels A. Anderson delivers mail to a door marked "15." Anderson began delivering mail in Madison in 1912 and is the city's senior postman. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across street toward commercial buildings. Signs read: "Post Office" "First National Bank" and "J.E. Toole's." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A bank, harness store and general store. Text on building on right side reads: "J.H. Stecker Selz Shoes," "J.H. Stecker" and "Applegate Post Office." Capti... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Man in the driver's seat of an International model M truck parked along a sidewalk outside a post office. Loaded on the truck are sacks and wire fencing. A... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Mail man driving an International Model M U.S. Mail truck that was part of the Rural Free Delivery service. The truck was equipped with tire chains to driv... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Young man sitting in an International Model M truck used for transportation of passengers, the U.S. Mail, and the transport of luggage to hotels and depots... |
| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the 125 vehicles which were used in Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison. The vehicles were parked on Monona ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A man stands in the back of a horse-drawn Weber wagon to deliver mail to rural resident, possibly a farmer, standing by mailbox. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of a post office with a horse-drawn carriage parked to the left. Caption reads: "Post Office, So. Casco, Maine." |
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