Name/Title
First Railway Mail Car Centennial Postcard, 1962Entry/Object ID
2009.3.450Scope and Content
First Railway Mail Car Centennial Postcard, 1862-196
"Centennial of the First Railway Mail Car, 1862-1962".
Photo of a train engine pulling coal car and mail car.
Legend: "Engine 35 vintage of 1882 typical of the American-type locomotive so popular during the first fifty years of railroad development in this country."
"Mail Car of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad is a replica of the one in which, on July 28, 1862, between West Quincy and St. Joseph, Mo. now part of the Burlington system--U.S. Mail was first sorted in transit. This innovation, from which grew the present Railway Mail Service, was prompted by the need to speed mail westward from St. Joseph via overland stage coach."
Back of card:
Burlington Route
Centennial Souvenir Post Card courtsey of the Burlington Railroad.
Stamped on card
100th Anniversary
First U.S. Postal Car
July 28, 1862, Mail First Sorted Enroute Hannibal & St. Joseph RR (new part of the Burlington Lines) Car built at Hannibal shops.Lexicon
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Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
RailroadsSearch Terms
First Mail Sorted Enroute, 1862, St. Joseph History, U.S. Mail, Mail Sorting, Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, Burlington RailroadRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Reynolds, Don