Postman Delivering Mail Suburban Neighborhood Sorting Letters Walking On Sidewalk 1964 Photo H. Armstrong Roberts

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USPS uniforms weren’t just made to overcome snow, rain, heat, and the gloom of night—they also delivered legitimacy.

Cartero: Una persona que trabaja para la oficina de correros.

When Parcel Post was introduced on January 1, 1913, it was a great day for businesses based in the United States of America. On that date, the Post Office It's known as "the bank sent by mail."

Hugging the Mailman - detail from September 28, 1952 American Weekly Magazine

It was the Little Mail Truck Who Could. An odd American vehicle – looking more like a patriotic Good & Plenty than a post truck – but by the 1960s, the "Mailster" made up one-third of the post's vehicular fleet, according to The Smithsonian, somehow schlepping 500 lbs of brown paper packages tie

Description: An unidentified letter carrier posed in uniform for a studio photograph. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1885 Collection: U.S. Postal Employees Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194277 Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2006-25