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Northwest Airways Air Mail Delivery

Date: 07 01 1933
Description: A Northwest Airways crew delivers a bag of airmail to Madison postmaster W.A. Devine. With him, posed in front of the Ford TriMotor, are pilots Elmer Wahl ...
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First National Bank Mail Room

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: Four messenger girls and a man in the First National Bank mail room.
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CUNA Mailing Room

Date: 02 26 1936
Description: Three men in CUNA (Credit Union National Association) mailing room, Raiffeisen House, located at 142 East Gilman Street.
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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...
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W.A. Devine with his Portrait

Date: 07 03 1934
Description: W.A. Devine, Madison postmaster for 24 years, with his portrait, painted by Arthur N. Colt, a Madison artist, at State Historical Society, 816 State Street...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 08 01 1928
Description: View looking north from corner of Monona Avenue and Wilson Street of front and side of the building, with workmen finishing the basement level. Automobiles...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 01 02 1929
Description: Interior view of first floor lobby with construction debris and some tile work completed on the floor. In the background a man is standing on a ladder near...
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Postal Workers Sorting Mail

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Postal clerks Stanley A. Kolenda, William G. Spencer, and Nathan C. Hillmer sorting mail at the Madison Post Office.
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Soldiers Checking Mail

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Private William Huneke and Sargeant Harold Gleaves checking in a stack of mail from soldiers and sailors at the fighting fronts of the world for the United...
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Christmas Mail

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Clerk at the post office sorting Christmas parcels to be shiped overseas to men and women in service.
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Madison United States Mail Carriers

Date: 12 07 1944
Description: Fifteen Madison U.S. Mail carriers standing on the front steps of the Madison U.S. Post Office. Lower row left to right: Martin T. Digney, Thomas M. Carey,...
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Postal Clerk with Christmas Mail

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

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Two postal employees of the Madison post office, 215 Monona Avenue, sorting heaps of packages in carts at Christmas. Pictured from left are clerks Fred Boy...
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Post Office at Christmas

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Elevated view of two postal employees sorting mail at the Madison post office, 215 Monona Avenue, at Christmas. Pictured are clerk Donald Memhard dumping ...
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Post Office at Christmas

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Postal clerk Matt Morrell stacking sacked parcels on a cart at the Madison Post Office, 215 Monona Avenue, to be hauled to the railroad station during the ...
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Post Office at Christmas

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: People with packages lined up at the customer service windows of the Madison post office, 215 Monona Avenue, at Christmas.
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WIBA Christmas Mail

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: Mailman delivering Christmas letters and packages to a man at NBC - WIBA radio station.
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Officers of the Dane County Rural Letter Carriers Organization

Date: 02 22 1948
Description: Five officers of the Dane County Rural Letter Carriers organization at their annual meeting.
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Interior of Old Post Office

Date: 1893
Description: Interior of the old Post Office.
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Receiving Centennial Stamps

Date: 05 28 1948
Description: Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennebohm shown receiving an album containing the first sheet of Wisconsin Centennial stamps from Joseph J. Lawler, third Assistan...

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