Railway Post Office Photo Postcard from Chicago's World's Fair, 1933

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Railway Post Office, Chicago's World's Fair, 1933: Copyright: 745.17530 Railway Post Office Photo Postcard from Chicago's Wo
Railway Post Office, Chicago's World's Fair, 1933

Copyright: 745.17530 Railway Post Office Photo Postcard from Chicago's Wo

Name/Title

Railway Post Office Photo Postcard from Chicago's World's Fair, 1933

Entry/Object ID

AM9999.745.17530

Scope and Content

Burlington Railroad Giants of Speed Photo Postcard, 1933. b/w Photo of Railroad Mail Car and interior with mail soritng bags included in the Burlington Exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair, 1933-1934. Caption: "Seventy Years of Progress in the Railway Post Office In a little car like this on July 28, 1862, enroute from West Quincy to St. Joseph, Missouri over what is now a part of the Burlington main line from Chicago to Kansas City and St. Joseph, United States mail was first sorted while in transit. The purpose was to speed the departure of the overland stage coach from St. Joseph to California. At the right is the modern standard Railway Post Office, in several of which the California and other western mail is now sorted nightly on the Burlington fast mail trains between Chicago and Omaha". on back: "This card furnised for mailing in the Postal Car on the Burlington World's Fair Exhibition Train."

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Railroads

Search Terms

Railway Mail Service, Mail Sorting Enroute on Railroads, Burlington Railroad, Chicago's World's Fair,, Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 2, 2014