Photograph of letter carriers' band from Seattle, Washington
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Object Details
- Description
- Unidentified members of the National Association of Letter Carriers' (NALC) band pose for a group photograph. As noted on the drum in the center of the photograph, these carriers belonged to Seattle, Washington's Branch 79 of the NALC. The US postal system has a long history of employees forming sports teams, bands, and choirs, the first of which began forming in the late nineteenth century.
- National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
- Photographer: Unknown
- Credit line
- National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
- c. 1952
- Object number
- A.2009-43
- Type
- Photographs
- Medium
- paper; photo-emulsion
- Dimensions
- Height x Width (unframed): 4 x 6 in. (10.16 x 15.24 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
- Washington
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- National Postal Museum
- Record ID
- npm_A.2009-43
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm81264b49f-d06c-40f7-8e1a-e548dcd492aa
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