Uniforms and equipment

• Mail Collection Boxes: A Brief History PDF | RTF
• Curbside Mailboxes: A Chronology of Size Changes PDF | RTF
• Postal Inspectors' Badges PDF | RTF
• Letter Carriers' Satchels PDF | RTF
• Letter Carriers' Whistles and Door Knockers PDF | RTF
• Letter Carriers' Uniform
  • Overview PDF | RTF
  • Badges PDF | RTF
  • Buttons PDF | RTF
  • Hats: Introduction PDF | RTF
  • Hat Images, 1894-1903 PDF | RTF
  • Hat Images, 1950s-1990s PDF | RTF
  • Patches PDF | RTF
  • Service Stars PDF | RTF

View artifacts online

To learn more about the history of uniforms and equipment, you can search the collection of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum.