Every post in this category, newest first, grouped by year.
Mail by dog sled across Alaska
Mail by road
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Mail by dog sled across Alaska
Contract carriers used dog sleds across Alaska from the late nineteenth century into the early 1920s.
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Sorting mail on the first Highway Post Office bus
Two clerks sort mail inside the bus that ran between Washington, DC, and Harrisonburg, Virginia.
President Roosevelt mails a letter on a bus
Mail by road
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President Roosevelt mails a letter on a bus
Franklin D. Roosevelt deposits a letter into the mail slot of the first Highway Post Office bus in 1941.
The Deadwood coach
Mail by road
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The Deadwood coach
A stagecoach on its way to Deadwood City, South Dakota, in 1889.
A rural carrier in Harbor Springs fitted his Model T with skis
Mail by road
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A rural carrier in Harbor Springs fitted his Model T with skis
Roy Aler of Harbor Springs, Michigan, could drop either wheels or skis into place in front.
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