Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag

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Description: This city letter carrier posed for a humorous photograph with a young boy in his mailbag. After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples.

Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Black and white photographic print

Culture: American

Geography: USA

Date: 1900

Collection: U.S. Postal Employees

Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194274

Repository: National Postal Museum

Accession number: A.2006-22

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