File:Loading Mail onto Railway Post Office Car.jpg

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Description: This is an image of sacks of mail being loaded onto a Railway Post Office (RPO) car. The metal RPO mail exchange arm can clearly be seen on the car door.

Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Black and white photographic print

Culture: American

Geography: USA

Date: 1925

Collection: U.S. Railway Mail Service

Repository: <a href="http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/">National Postal Museum</a>

Accession number: A.2006-59
Date Taken in 1925
Source Flickr: Loading Mail onto Railway Post Office Car
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