Postal history

Photo gallery — Equipment

  • Pneumatic tubes, ca. 1910
    Pneumatic tubes, ca. 1910
  • Gehring Mail Distributing Machine
    Gehring Mail Distributing Machine
  • Gehring Mail Distributing Machine
    Gehring Mail Distributing Machine
  • Post-mounted mailbox, 1920s
    Post-mounted mailbox, 1920s
  • Sestack Letter Sorter, 1945
    Sestack Letter Sorter, 1945
  • Post Office screenline, 1950s
    Post Office screenline, 1950s
  • Stamp vending machine, 1956
    Stamp vending machine, 1956
  • Experimental foot-pedal mailbox, 1956
    Experimental foot-pedal mailbox, 1956
  • Snorkel mailbox, ca. 1958
    Snorkel mailbox, ca. 1958
  • Automatic address reader, 1959
    Automatic address reader, 1959
  • Stainless steel mailbox, 1967
    Stainless steel mailbox, 1967
  • Distribution cases, 1972
    Distribution cases, 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