File:Rural carrier in automobile at mailboxes, c.1910.jpg
Summary
Date: c. 1910
Object number: A.2010-2
Medium: paper; photo-emulsion
Dimensions (Unframed): 2 1/4” x 4 1/2"
Description: Postal officials encouraged Rural Free Delivery (RFD) carriers to replace their horses and wagons with the latest in transportation technology. This unidentified carrier painted his early electric-motored vehicle in the same paint and identification scheme as the RFD wagons of the era. He is, no doubt, only able to complete his wintertime rounds thanks to a snow-plowed road. Automobiles were not yet adequate replacements for horses, wagons, and sleds on rural roads.
Photographer: Unknown
Place: United States of America
Collection Description: Transportation/Motorized
Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photographer: Unknown
Repository: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://postalmuseum.si.edu/resources/6e_photographs.html">National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection</a>
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| current | 20:26, 14 January 2017 | | 5,655 × 3,447 (5.73 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p><b>Date: </b> c. 1910 </p> <p><b>Object number:</b> A.2010-2 </p> <p><b>Medium:</b> paper; photo-emulsion </p> <p><b>Dimensions (Unframed):</b> 2 1/4” x 4 1/2" </p> <p><b>Description:</b> Postal officials encouraged Rural Free Delivery (RFD) carriers to replace their horses and wagons with the latest in transportation technology. This unidentified carrier painted his early electric-motored vehicle in the same paint and identification scheme as the RFD wagons of the era. He is, no doubt, only able to complete his wintertime rounds thanks to a snow-plowed road. Automobiles were not yet adequate replacements for horses, wagons, and sleds on rural roads. </p> <p><b>Photographer:</b> Unknown </p> <p><b>Place:</b> United States of America </p> <p><b>Collection Description:</b> Transportation/Motorized </p> <p><b>Credit line:</b> National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection </p> <p><b>Photographer:</b> Unknown </p> <p><b>Repository:</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://postalmuseum.si.edu/resources/6e_photographs.html">National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection</a> </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.si.edu"><b>View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.</b></a> </p> |
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