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Tying up bags for train, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
The camera shows the action of two postal employees as they remove mail sacks from the semicircular rack where they are placed so they can be filled with mail for... Genre: Historical Keywords: Letter mail handling; Postal service--Employees; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:01:01 Popularity (downloads): 378 |
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Throwing mail into bags, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
This film concerns the separation of mail parcels before distribution. A semicircular rack of mail bags, each tagged with a different location, is placed on a set of the interior... Genre: Historical Keywords: Mail sorting; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:01:03 Popularity (downloads): 365 |
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Clerks tying up for bags, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
The film shows two postal employees as they tie into bundles stacks of letters they have just removed from a destination "case." Genre: Historical Keywords: Letter mail handling; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:00:44 Popularity (downloads): 343 |
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Parke Davis' employees
(1903)
Photographed from a single-camera position, this film encompasses a scene of a large number of people either walking or riding bicycles as they leave what appears to be a factory.... Genre: Historical Keywords: Employees; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:00:44 Popularity (downloads): 411 |
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Post man delivering mail, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
This film shows the delivery of the U.S. mail, in a rural area. A two-horse vehicle, with a sign reading "U.S. Mail," appears on the scene. The postal employee gets... Genre: Historical Keywords: Letter carriers; Postal service; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:00:58 Popularity (downloads): 461 |
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Rural wagon delivering mail, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
The subject is the delivery of the U.S. mail in a rural area. The camera was positioned in full sight of a standard rural free delivery post box located in... Genre: Historical Keywords: Rural free delivery; Postal service; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:00:46 Popularity (downloads): 439 |
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Buying stamps from Rural Wagon, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
The film shows a man carrying a mail sack. He climbs the stairs of a front porch, rings a doorbell, and a woman comes to the door. The postman hands... Genre: Historical Keywords: Postal service; Letter carriers--Maryland; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:00:46 Popularity (downloads): 375 |
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Train taking up mail bag, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
The subject of this Postal Department documentary is "snatching" the mail bag from the suspended post by the railroad mail clerk. As the film begins, a man climbs the steps... Genre: Historical Keywords: Railway mail service; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:00:57 Popularity (downloads): 740 |
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Carriers leaving building, U.S.P.O. Version 1
(1903)
The opening scene shows the steps of a large public building. Above the steps is a door out of which, coming toward the camera position, are approximately a hundred and... Genre: Historical Keywords: Letter carriers; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:01:05 Popularity (downloads): 389 |
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United Railroads Employees Strike
(1917)
San Francisco: United Railroads employees strike against open shop. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: San Francisco: Labor;Labor: Strikes;Labor: 19102; Duration: 00:01:11 Popularity (downloads): 182 |
