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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution airmail usps clerk oh my gosh that's so cool! ohmygoshthatssocool sorting work postal indoors transcontinental airmail transcontinentalairmail pigeonhole compartments pigeonholecompartments apartado postal apartadopostal correo cartero shirt man mail post office postoffice vintage scale national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons monochrome Description: An unidentified clerk is pictured sorting letters into pigeonhole compartments labeled with stops along the transcontinental airmail route. The coast to coast route opened in the fall of 1920. The pigeonhole labels mark the route from east to west. Hazelton, NJ, Bellefonte, PA, Cleveland, OH, Bryan, OH, Iowa City, IA, Omaha, NB, North Platte, NB Cheyenne, WY, Rock Springs, WY, Salt Lake City, UT, and Elko, NV. Hidden behind the clerk are compartments for Reno, NV, and San Francisco, CA. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1920-12-31 Repository: National Postal Museum Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Accession number: A.2008-9 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194361 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: An unidentified clerk is pictured sorting letters into pigeonhole compartments labeled with stops along the transcontinental airmail route. The coast to coast route opened in the fall of 1920. The pigeonhole labels mark the route from east to west. Hazelton, NJ, Bellefonte, PA, Cleveland, OH, Bryan, OH, Iowa City, IA, Omaha, NB, North Platte, NB Cheyenne, WY, Rock Springs, WY, Salt Lake City, UT, and Elko, NV. Hidden behind the clerk are compartments for Reno, NV, and San Francisco, CA. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1920-12-31 Repository: National Postal Museum Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Accession number: A.2008-9 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194361 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
