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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution strasburg virginia usps bus highway post office bus highwaypostofficebus strasburg, virginia strasburgvirginia postal service postalservice mass transit masstransit men 1941 black and white photograph blackandwhitephotograph national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum first highway post office bus firsthighwaypostofficebus group american history americanhistory first post office firstpostoffice group photo groupphoto people black and white blackandwhite car outside mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons monochrome black and white Description: Officials are gathered to welcome the first Highway Post Office bus in Strasburg, Virginia on February 10, 1941. This bus traveled on a route between Washington, DC and Harrisonburg, Virginia. By the 1930s, a significant decline in railroad passenger traffic had caused a subsequent decline in the use of railway trains. To fill the void, the postal service transferred some en route distribution from trains to highway buses. This is the first Highway Post Office bus and is in the collection of the National Postal Museum. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Geography: USA Date: 1941 Collection: U.S. Highway Post Office Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2006-79 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194331 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: Officials are gathered to welcome the first Highway Post Office bus in Strasburg, Virginia on February 10, 1941. This bus traveled on a route between Washington, DC and Harrisonburg, Virginia. By the 1930s, a significant decline in railroad passenger traffic had caused a subsequent decline in the use of railway trains. To fill the void, the postal service transferred some en route distribution from trains to highway buses. This is the first Highway Post Office bus and is in the collection of the National Postal Museum. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Geography: USA Date: 1941 Collection: U.S. Highway Post Office Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2006-79 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194331 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
