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Loading mail car, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
This film, part of series on the various activities of the Post Office, starts with a scene of a large railroad mail car on a siding. A horse-drawn, four-wheeled vehicle... Genre: Historical Keywords: Railway mail service--Cars; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:00:58 Popularity (downloads): 554 |
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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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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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Collecting mail, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
The subject is the movement of mail by the U.S. postal service. As the film begins, two types of mail boxes on a pole on the corner of a street... Genre: Historical Keywords: Mail receiving and forwarding services; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:00:47 Popularity (downloads): 386 |
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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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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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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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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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Exchange of mail at rural P.O., U.S.P.O.
(1903)
The opening scene shows a yard in front of what seems to be a two-story house. A small boy is standing in front of the house near a post box... Genre: Historical Keywords: Letter carriers; Postal service; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:01:08 Popularity (downloads): 368 |
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Street mail car, U.S.P.O.
(1903)
The first scene appears to have been taken on a main thoroughfare of large city. In the immediate foreground is a horse-drawn U.S. mail vehicle waiting at the side of... Genre: Historical Keywords: Mail receiving and forwarding services; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:01:21 Popularity (downloads): 443 |
