Description: This is an image of a three-wheeled mail collection Indian motorcycle in Washington, D.C., on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street. The motorcycle was used only on an experimental basis in DC.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Geography: USA
Date: 1912
Collection: U.S. Mail Trucks
Repository: National Postal Museum
Accession number: A.2006-74
Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194326
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oznasia 45 months ago | reply
This pic would be enjoyed by members of this group: www.flickr.com/groups/3wheels/pool/
beesonamanda 45 months ago | reply
Brilliant photo
James Zaworski 43 months ago | reply
cute.
rockcreek 35 months ago | reply
He's standing on the east side of Twelfth Street, NW, looking north toward E Street (today), one block from what was then DC's central post office.
All of the buildings visible here have since been razed.