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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution fdr bus usps highway post office highwaypostoffice highway post office bus highwaypostofficebus franklin d. roosevelt franklindroosevelt president franklin d. roosevelt presidentfranklindroosevelt roosevelt automobile conversation black and white blackandwhite president roosevelt presidentroosevelt photo journalism photojournalism flash photogr flashphotogr national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons united states presidents unitedstatespresidents blackandwhite monochrome black and white Description: President Roosevelt is shown depositing a letter into the side of a Highway Post Office Bus. By the 1930s, a significant decline in railroad passenger traffic had caused a subsequent decline in the use of railway trains. To fill the void, the postal service transferred some en route distribution from trains to highway buses. This is the first Highway Post Office bus and is the collection of the National Postal Museum. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Geography: USA Date: 1941 Collection: U.S. Highway Post Office Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2006-78 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194330 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: President Roosevelt is shown depositing a letter into the side of a Highway Post Office Bus. By the 1930s, a significant decline in railroad passenger traffic had caused a subsequent decline in the use of railway trains. To fill the void, the postal service transferred some en route distribution from trains to highway buses. This is the first Highway Post Office bus and is the collection of the National Postal Museum. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Geography: USA Date: 1941 Collection: U.S. Highway Post Office Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2006-78 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194330 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
