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great images from National Geographics photo archives on Natgeofound.tumblr.com

New York Central's Mercury train in Cleveland

A view of Chicago’s historic La Salle Street train station, November 1936

Women pose with huge rubber tires made to use in Antarctica, February 1940

Nose assemblies for Douglas A-20 attack bombers in a factory

Chicago, June 1967

A Royal Mail bus with armed guards heads out from Razmak to Jandola, April 1946

A bird’s-eye view of a training Air Corps plane in Texas

found on http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/

a terrific look at postal delivery adapting to motorcycles from the 1900's to the 1930's

just a sample of the well researched and thorough look at the motorcycles, their variety, adaptation, evolution, and uses in changing from horses to horsepower in the US and England... a dozen photos and descriptions that are a terrific tutorial.

All at http://goodsparkgarage.com/the-early-days-of-motorcycle-messengers/#more-2022

the Post Office is finally going to be delivering on Sunday, for Amazon

In Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Pheonix.

Why not any big cities? Why not Chicago, New York, LA, and San Fran? No idea

Learned about it on http://fleetnewsdaily.com/amazon-offers-sunday-deliveries-with-us-postal-service/ but the news is also on http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/15/news/economy/usps-financials-package/

1913 Wagenhals electric

Steve (most astounding researcher I've ever had the delightful priveledge to meet) was writing up about a call for bids for a contract to supply the Post Office with delivery vehicles, http://www.shorpy.com/node/12927#comment-136306 and one of the companies that respoonded was Wagenhals of Detroit, which made this electric, and a gas powered version.

The Post Office also ordered 21 Wagenhals Motor Car Company three-wheeled vehicles that had 800 pounds capacity. Powered by a 20 hp water-cooled four-cylinder engine, they cost $625 each (visually similar to the less expensive electric version below). Located in Detroit, the Wagenhals Motor Car Company would reorganize just a month later as simply the Wagenhals Motor Company. Both the Whites and the Wagenhals had to be delivered to Cleveland, Ohio within sixty days.

A year later the Post Office was advertising for bids for spare parts for these vehicles, which included: "Transmission and cup grease, horn bulbs, cylinder and heavy oil, blow out and tube patches, pressure gauges, cushion and pneumatic tires, inner tubes, tire tape, valve parts and tools, vulcanizing rubber, etc."

The winner of the bid had to supply each individual post office named in the contract, and the parts just couldn't be dumped in front—the bid proposal stipulated that "All the supplies must be delivered at and within the doors of the post offices."

The bid proposal noted that the Wagenhals had been dispersed as follows:

Columbia, S. C, 1 Wagenhals; Columbus, O., 2 Wagenhals; Detroit, 2 Wagenhals; Memphis, 3 Wagenhals; Nashville, 3 Wagenhals; Norfolk, Va., 2 Wagenhals; Richmond, Va., 2 Wagenhals.

More examples of Steve's incredible detective work are on his blog http://serviside.blogspot.com/

US Post Office delivery truck, 1914

http://www.shorpy.com/node/12927#comment-136306

it's a KisselKar

Postal Delivery from rail road cars

Nancy and Dennis looked at the recent mailcar post http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/01/way-back-when-us-post-office-was.html and commented about this very action you see above you,

the mail was transferred when the train did not stop in a town.

when the train came through it would leave a bag on the first one and pick the bag off the second one.

I vividly recall going with my Grandfather to the train station in Canton, NY in the early 50's: he would hang a mail bag on one of the posts, then the train would come through without slowing down, and BLAM - BLAM! The bag he hung would be gone and another bag would be swinging on the other hook!

Photos from http://www.hagopgaragem.com/

A new take on a UPS truck was at SEMA

In a New York City post office, a WW2 monument and tribute.. and a postal delivery bike

strange that it's front tire was a smaller size than the back, but had to be in order to accomodate the big basket
Found on http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/05/dirk-skrebers-car-crash-sculptures.html where the painting behind the WW2 monument is discussed, it's an art deco piece titled Manhattan Skyline, painted by artist Louis Lozowick at the height of the art deco movement as a Works Project Administration commission. It's 18 feet tall, and in the Farley post office on 8th Ave.