Delivering the Mail
Posted by Brenda Anderson in Across The CommonsOne of the great advantage of The Commons on Flickr is the ability to find photos on a theme that span across the various institutions. With that in mind, “Across the Commons” was born. What themes can be found? Here’s one I discovered after seeing a photo of a young child mailing a letter.
We write a letter to a friend, post it, and sometime later our friend receives it. How does it get from here to there?
 Smithsonian Institution |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| From posting … | … to delivery. |
Let’s find out!
| By handcart: Letter Carriers with Handcarts |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| By horsedrawn coach: Regulation Mail Wagon |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| By sleigh: Rural Letter Carrier in Sleigh |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| By bicycle: Letter Carrier Delivering Mail by Bicycle |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| By tricycle: Three-Wheeled Mail Collection Motorcycle |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| By truck: Parcel Post Truck and Carrier |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| By streetcar: Boston, Massachusetts, Mail Streetcar |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| By boat: Egypt: Arrival of Post Boat, Girgeh |
 Brooklyn Museum |
| By sternwheeler: Sternwheeler, “J.N. Teal” |
 Smithsonian Institution |
| By air from the beach: Faith in Australia on the beach at Murawai ready for take-off with First Official Airmail from N.Z. to Australia, 17 Feb 1934 |
 State Library of New South Wales |
| By … bag?? Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag |
 Smithsonian Institution |
Tags: Brooklyn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, State Library of New South Wales
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:57 am
it’s like taking a journey through space and time.
this collection, how you’ve sequenced it, really has a sense of velocity.
January 6th, 2009 at 1:28 am
[...] group member research into an individual photograph, then and now subcuration, and cross-Commons mash-ups – just a sampling of what we know is possible and what you’ll find [...]
January 7th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
[...] group member research into an individual photograph, then and now subcuration, and cross-Commons mash-ups – just a sampling of what we know is possible and what you’ll find [...]