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Residential Town Street

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Description: View of a residential town street featuring a post office, general store, and gas pump.
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a busy scene at the train depot. A train is arriving at the crowded platform. On the side of the depot a man sits on a cart, n...
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Depot

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Cuba City train depot and post office.
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Post Office in Manitowish

Date: 1938
Description: Woman standing outside of the two-story Post Office building in Manitowish. There is a road, fence and pine trees in the foreground.
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Delivering Mail with a Farmall A Tractor

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Description: Levi Fisher stands holding a bundle of mail in front of a Farmall A tractor that has been fitted with a homemade cab to deliver the U.S. Mail. The cab has ...
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Farmall A Tractor Fitted with Homemade Mail Cab

Date: 1941
Description: A Farmall A tractor that has been fitted with a homemade cab delivering mail to a farm. The cab on top of the tractor has a decal on the side that reads: "...
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Farmall A Tractor with Mail Cab in front of Post Office

Date: 1941
Description: Farmall A tractor fitted with a homemade, wooden cab for the purposes of delivering mail, parked in front of a post office. A car is also parked in front o...
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Francis Shirbroun Delivers Mail in Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Francis Shirbroun delivers mail to a mailbox in a Farmall A tractor that has been fitted with a homemade cab for delivering mail. The cab has a "FARMALL" d...
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Postmaster Paul 'Skip' Trauba

Date: 02 03 1978
Description: "Postmaster Paul 'Skip' Trauba. Skip has been a postal employee since 1950 and served as postmaster since 1966. The Third Class office presently has 220 lo...
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United States Post Office

Date: 02 03 1978
Description: "U.S. Post Office. Rural mail carrier, Ralph Koll, sorts the mail prior to beginning his route."
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Rural Mail Carrier

Date: 02 03 1978
Description: Winter scene with mail carrier in car putting mail in a mailbox. "Ralph Koll, Rural Mail Carrier. Somewhere in this monstrous snow drift is Helen Moldenha...
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Mason Mercantile Company

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of the brick front facade of the Mason Post Office and and Mason Mercantile Co. There is an automobile parked on the far left side of the bui...
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Four Horse Stage

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Description: View of a horse-drawn stagecoach of the Chitina and Fairbanks Stage Line. Published by E.A. Hegg.
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Tanana and Fairbanks Stage

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Description: Side view of a horse-drawn sleigh used as a mail and passenger stage between Tanana and Fairbanks.
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Herrling Mail Delivery Sleigh

Date: 02 06 1908
Description: The horse-drawn mail delivery sleigh used by Franklin Herrling.
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United Givers Campaign Fair Share Plan

Date: 09 08 1954
Description: Nels Anderson of 524 East Washington Avenue tells why he endorses the "fair share" plan of the United Givers Campaign.
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Mailing Letters at the Red Cross

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers mailing letters home at the Red Cross L.O.C. canteen in France.
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J. Swenholt Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of J. Swenholt, postmaster and dealer in general merchandise in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, with an interior view of people shopping and tending to m...
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Main Street

Date: 1937
Description: View looking down middle of Main Street. Businesses from left to right include the U.S. Post Office, Tire & Battery Service, Store - Tourist & Supplies, St...
Manuscript

Nathan Myrick Post Office Letter

Date: 1891
Description: Letter from Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Estes G. Rathbone, regarding the establishment of the Post Office at La Crosse and Nathan Myrick's appoint...

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