Description: This is a Promotional Post Office Department photograph showing opera star Merle Alcock, who is using a new style street collection mailbox, built by the Van Dorn Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Culture: American
Geography: USA
Date: 1920s
Collection: U.S. Postal Employees
Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194292
Repository: National Postal Museum
Accession number: A.2006-40
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Stieglitzz65 54 months ago | reply
I remember those old mailboxes! As a child, I had to stand on tippy-toes to reach the slot!
Umit Ucar 38 months ago | reply
Yes, ıt worked for a while.