Postal history

Photo gallery — Equipment

  • Small letter box, ca. 1890
    Small letter box, ca. 1890
  • Letter box, 1896
    Letter box, 1896
  • White letter box, 1899
    White letter box, 1899
  • Pneumatic tubes, ca. 1910
    Pneumatic tubes, ca. 1910
  • Post-mounted mailbox, 1920s
    Post-mounted mailbox, 1920s
  • Gehring Mail Distributing Machine, 1922
    Gehring Mail Distributing Machine, 1922
  • Gehring Mail Distributing Machine, 1922
    Gehring Mail Distributing Machine, 1922
  • Scales and handstamps, 1925
    Scales and handstamps, 1925
  • Mail chute, 1934
    Mail chute, 1934
  • Large rural mailbox, 1937
    Large rural mailbox, 1937
  • Leather satchel and tie-out straps, 1939
    Leather satchel and tie-out straps, 1939
  • Letter sorting cases, 1940
    Letter sorting cases, 1940
  • Ranch mailbox, 1941
    Ranch mailbox, 1941
  • Sestack Letter Sorter, 1945
    Sestack Letter Sorter, 1945
  • Stamp vending machine, 1948
    Stamp vending machine, 1948
  • Carrier for pneumatic tube letters, ca. 1950
    Carrier for pneumatic tube letters, ca. 1950
  • Pneumatic tubes, ca. 1950
    Pneumatic tubes, ca. 1950
  • Letter box, ca. 1950s
    Letter box, ca. 1950s
  • Nutting trucks, ca. 1950s
    Nutting trucks, ca. 1950s
  • Post Office screenline, 1950s
    Post Office screenline, 1950s
  • Cooperative mailing rack, 1954
    Cooperative mailing rack, 1954
  • Collection box, ca. 1955
    Collection box, ca. 1955
  • Adjustable platform stools, 1956
    Adjustable platform stools, 1956
  • Experimental foot-pedal mailbox, 1956
    Experimental foot-pedal mailbox, 1956
  • Stamp vending machine, 1956
    Stamp vending machine, 1956
  • Greller parcel sorter, 1957
    Greller parcel sorter, 1957
  • Hamper dumper, 1957
    Hamper dumper, 1957
  • Transorma letter sorter, 1957
    Transorma letter sorter, 1957
  • Bell letter sorter, 1958
    Bell letter sorter, 1958
  • Facing table and canceling machine, ca. 1958
    Facing table and canceling machine, ca. 1958
  • Snorkel mailbox, ca. 1958
    Snorkel mailbox, ca. 1958
  • Automatic address reader, 1959
    Automatic address reader, 1959
  • Automatic facer-canceler, 1959
    Automatic facer-canceler, 1959
  • Carrier case and table, ca. 1960
    Carrier case and table, ca. 1960
  • Satchel cart, ca. 1960
    Satchel cart, ca. 1960
  • Stainless steel mailbox, 1967
    Stainless steel mailbox, 1967
  • Dual collection boxes, 1968
    Dual collection boxes, 1968
  • Collection box with star, 1970s
    Collection box with star, 1970s
  • Distribution cases, 1972
    Distribution cases, 1972
  • Letter box, 1972
    Letter box, 1972
  • Letter sorting machines, ca. 1974
    Letter sorting machines, ca. 1974
  • Extension pole, 1975
    Extension pole, 1975
  • Optical character reader, 1982
    Optical character reader, 1982