A letter from Chicago to St. Louis : filled sacks are taken to a chute

One of twelve photographs showing the progress of a letter being mailed from Chicago to Missouri. A man prepares to drop a mail sack into a chute that leads to a train platform.

Publication date: 1934-11-04

Size: 17.1 x 10.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Bags--1930-1940
• Correspondence--1930-1940
• Postal service employees--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Postal service--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Railroad mail service--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• United States. Post Office Dept.--Equipment & supplies--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• United States. Post Office Dept.--People--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (November 4, 1934), n.p.

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg