Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution wagon usps san francisco sanfrancisco california cobble stone street cobblestonestreet government contractors governmentcontractors commons:collection=mail coach horses city urban nineteenth century nineteenthcentury 19th century 19thcentury 1800s 1890s victorian 19th century mail wagon 19thcenturymailwagon street horse drawn carriage horsedrawncarriage mail us mail usmail two horse twohorse black and white blackandwhite white horse whitehorse black horse blackhorse three men threemen town cobble stone cobblestone wgaon horse buildings men national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons blackandwhite monochrome black and white Description: Employees driving a regulation mail wagon, size 3, on an unidentified San Francisco, California, street. The wagons were painted blue, with red and white features. The wagon was owned and operated by private companies that contracted with the Post Office Department for their use to carry sacks of mail between railroad depots and post offices. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1895 Collection: U.S. Mail Wagons Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2008-31 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194383 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: Employees driving a regulation mail wagon, size 3, on an unidentified San Francisco, California, street. The wagons were painted blue, with red and white features. The wagon was owned and operated by private companies that contracted with the Post Office Department for their use to carry sacks of mail between railroad depots and post offices. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1895 Collection: U.S. Mail Wagons Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2008-31 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194383 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |