14 Photos That Will Restore Your Faith In The U.S. Postal Service

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United States mail train in New York, 1900.

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Eastern Cooperative League mailing checks, 1943.

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L-R: West Broadway and Worth Street. Box in main hall, Western Union Building; Mailbox in Chrysler Building; Woolworth Building. Cutler mailbox in entrance hall.

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Horse-drawn mail carriage, 1880.

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Dispatching the first pouch of airmail from Long Island. September 23, 1911.

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"A letter carrier standing in front of a mailbox at Mott Street above Park Row," 1903.

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"Harbor boat service, New York. Mail stacked to ceiling for 135 ft."

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"Here is the story of the U.S. Postal Service in it's never-ending battle with Time and Space," reads the jacket of this book cover from 1939.

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Real, beautiful mail. This is from 1910, "an early ship-to-shore attempt from the S. S. Pennsylvania).

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Post office at 226 East 106th Street post office, 1933.

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Postal workers outside a post office in Brooklyn, 1900.

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Early 1900s mail carrier in New York City.

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From Scientific American, 1890. "I. Delivery of sacks and pouches for the outgoing mail; 2. Interior of city drops, facing up letters; 3. Carriers' and stamping clerks'table; 4. General view of main office; 5. Amphitheater for distribution of newspapers; 6. Corridor and private letter boxes; 7. Separating newspapers for city delivery; 8. Newspaper and bulk mail chutes; 9. Storage room for empty bags."

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Mail mail mail! 1905, NYC.

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