File:Highway Post Office Bus at Strasburg, Virginia (2550290795).jpg

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English: 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: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/
Accession number: A.2006-79
Persistent URL: http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194331

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Author Smithsonian Institution
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  • National Postal Museum
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