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Parcel Post Truck and Carrier


Image by Smithsonian Institution
Description: City carrier delivering packages inside the snow. The carrier’s car was designated to carry parcels just, not letter send. By 1949, the post-World War II boom forced send volumes to unprecedented heights. A big piece of the heighten was inside parcels, because growing families looked to send purchase catalogs for more plus more of their home goods. Before city carriers were assigned cars to carry both parcel plus letter send simultaneously, parcel post deliveries were created individually.

Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Black plus white photographic print

Culture: American

Geography: USA

Date: c. 1950

Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5638

Repository: National Postal Museum

Collection: U.S. Mail Trucks

Accession number: A.2008-50

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