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MAKE A MEME View Large Image After the introduction of Parcel Post Service on January 1, 1913, the Post Office Department began a series of instructional photographs and stories on the proper methods of wrapping a package for mailing. This photograph, numbered 178, is ...

After the introduction of Parcel Post Service on January 1, 1913, the Post Office Department began a series of instructional photographs and stories on the proper methods of wrapping a package for mailing. This photograph, numbered 178, is ...

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Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution man 1913 mail packages damage broken crushed standing instructional postal damaged goods damagedgoods postal packages postalpackages package wrapping packagewrapping photographic tutorial photographictutorial post office postoffice mail machines mailmachines mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons dead letter office deadletteroffice national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum blackandwhite monochrome black and white Date: 1913 Object number: A.2009-41 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: After the introduction of Parcel Post Service on January 1, 1913, the Post Office Department began a series of instructional photographs and stories on the proper methods of wrapping a package for mailing. This photograph, numbered 178, is part of a series of photographs produced and distributed by the Department. The photograph shows that improperly wrapped packages might not make it through the postal system without sustaining damage or requiring special handling in the Department's Dead Letter Office. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&amp;cmd=1&amp;id=207605 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: 1913 Object number: A.2009-41 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: After the introduction of Parcel Post Service on January 1, 1913, the Post Office Department began a series of instructional photographs and stories on the proper methods of wrapping a package for mailing. This photograph, numbered 178, is part of a series of photographs produced and distributed by the Department. The photograph shows that improperly wrapped packages might not make it through the postal system without sustaining damage or requiring special handling in the Department's Dead Letter Office. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207605 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.