A selection of lantern slides mostly dating from the early 20th century, showing postal workers from around the world.
A group of postmen pulling and pushing a sledge loaded with mail bags up a snow covered hill, Italy, ca. 1900 |
A rural Galician postman guiding a donkey wih mail bags on its back, Spain, ca. 1900 |
A rural postman riding a horse, Portugal, ca. 1900 |
A rural postman wearing a blue uniform and white pith helmet riding a brown donkey, Antigua, ca. 1900 |
An Eskimo postman on a reindeer, Alaska, ca. 1900 |
Balochistan postal sowar, Pakistan, ca. 1900 |
Carrying mails, Andorra, ca. 1900 |
Country postmen of the Azores, Portugal, ca. 1900 |
Dutch rural postman, ca. 1900 |
Madras Post Office officials, India, ca. 1900 |
Mounted courier, China, ca. 1900 |
Parcel postwoman, Germany, ca. 1900 |
Postman of Landes, France, ca. 1900 |
Postman of Shiraz, Persia, ca. 1900 |
Rural postman, Dominica, British West Indies, ca. 1900 |
The postman carries a satchel with a yellow badge over one shoulder and a book under one arm, Norway, ca. 1900 |
The postman is carrying a yoke with a large bundle attached to each end, China, ca. 1900 |
Two postmen carrying parcels down the steps of the General Post Office, New York City, ca. 1900 |