These are what postmen from 100 years ago looked like.
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| A letter carrier standing in front of a mailbox at Mott Street above Park Row, 1903 |
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| A mail carrier stands with his Wagner 4-11 motorcycle next to a postal box along his route near Newell, South Dakota, 1915 |
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| A mailman in uniform carrying leather satchel and a huge backpack of newspapers and letters, ca. 1880s |
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| A postman on New York street, 1896 |
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| A U.S rural mailman in 1914 |
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| An American letter carrier delivering mail by bicycle, ca. 1890s |
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| An unidentified letter carrier posed in uniform, 1885 |
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| Busy postman, 1900 |
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| Early 1900s mail carrier in New York City |
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| Mail carrier in the late 1800s |
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| Mailman carries letter packages, 1914 |
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| Mailman carrying bags and boxes of holiday mail standing on the steps of a store, 1903 |
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| Mailman collecting letters from a mailbox, ca. 1890s |
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| Mailman collects letters from a mailbox on New York street, ca. late 1800s |
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| Mailman delivers mail to a woman along his route, 1908 |
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| Mailmen on scooters, 1911 |
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| Postman and pillar box, ca. 1850s |
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| Postman delivering mail, 1912 |
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| Postman on a penny farthing, ca. 1890s |
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| Postman with good conduct stripes, Hurstpierpoint, Brighton, 1897 |
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| Rural free delivery mail carrier on horse, 1907 |
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| Rural mail carrier on a Harley Davidson motorcycle in Bartow, Florida, 1912 |
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| The U.S. mailman in 1914 |
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| Uniformed letter carriers pose with their satchels in Newark, New Jersey, 1888 |
