Parcel Post Truck and Carrier
Description: City carrier delivering packages in the snow. The carrier's vehicle was designated to carry parcels only, not letter mail. By 1949, the post-World War II boom pushed mail volumes to unprecedented heights. A large part of the increase was in parcels, as growing families looked to mail order catalogs for more and more of their household goods. Before city carriers were assigned vehicles to carry both parcel and letter mail at the same time, parcel post deliveries were made separately.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Culture: American
Geography: USA
Date: c. 1950
Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=203577
Repository: National Postal Museum
Collection: U.S. Mail Trucks
Accession number: A.2008-50
Parcel Post Truck and Carrier
Description: City carrier delivering packages in the snow. The carrier's vehicle was designated to carry parcels only, not letter mail. By 1949, the post-World War II boom pushed mail volumes to unprecedented heights. A large part of the increase was in parcels, as growing families looked to mail order catalogs for more and more of their household goods. Before city carriers were assigned vehicles to carry both parcel and letter mail at the same time, parcel post deliveries were made separately.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Culture: American
Geography: USA
Date: c. 1950
Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=203577
Repository: National Postal Museum
Collection: U.S. Mail Trucks
Accession number: A.2008-50