File:Cushman Mailster, 1955.jpg

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Smithsonian Institution from United States

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Description: City letter carrier seated in a three-wheeled Cushman "mailster" motor vehicle. Carriers used these vehicles to carry the ever-increasing amounts of mail that was being delivered to American households after end of the Second World War. The mailster worked best in temperate climates or on even terrain. In other areas, they sometimes did not work at all. Northern carriers, immobilized in as little as three inches of snow, also complained of the vehicles' inability to heat properly. The three-wheel design left mailsters susceptible to tipping over if cornering over 25 miles per hour or if caught in a wind gust. One carrier complained that his mailster was tipped over by a large dog.
Date 1955
date QS:P571,+1955-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Black and white photographic print
National Postal Museum
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A.2008-32
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Culture: American

Geography: USA

Collection: U.S. Mail Trucks
Source Letter Carrier in Mailster Vehicle
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