They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin 29 Jan 2013 02:43:45pm
re: Some pictures and stories about the US mail
That is TOO funny!
Bobby
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -Edmund Burke"
I also saw the Smithsonian's newsletter in January about the beginnings of the US postal service offering parcel post. My favorite was the story where a Idaho parent wanted to send their daughter to Grandmas, and the new parcel service was cheaper than a train ticket. The little girl got there safe and sound, but a new policy of not allowing human beings to be mailed was implemented.
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/parcelpost100/p4.html
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. - Aristotle Onassis 02 Feb 2013 06:34:24pm
re: Some pictures and stories about the US mail
Fabulous article!! I love that the old mailmen just took the children without question!
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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou"
This isn't on the grand scale of the previous posts, but it really makes you think about how the US transitioned from a "frontier" to "civilized".
The Postmaster, who has a unique writing style, tells the story well on this "Last Day" cover from "Calf Creek".
(Front and back, of what amounts to a "postcard" made from a scrap of paper.)
Edit:
It's interesting how he prints in ALL CAPS, except for his "n"s and "g"s...
It makes the "n"s look like CAP "n"s that are backwards. However, if you study them, they are lower case, just the upright is spaced wide from the rest, giving it that appearance. I had this for a long time before I realized they weren't backward caps.