Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution postmaster james a farley jamesafarley usps celebration letters mail bags mailbags post post office postoffice clutter boxes black and white blackandwhite vintage stacks air mail week airmailweek 1938 mail us mail usmail looking at mail lookingatmail man a lot of mail alotofmail paper shoes three piece suit threepiecesuit mail bag mailbag photograph portrait package mail room mailroom postmaster general postmastergeneral james farley jamesfarley farley national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons blackandwhite black and white Description: Postmaster General James A. Farley is shown sitting with some of the hundreds of thousands of letters mailed during National Air Mail Week, May 15-21, 1938. The national celebration honored the 20th anniversary of the first regularly scheduled airmail service. President Franklin Roosevelt and his Postmaster General encouraged everyone to send an airmail letter during the week-long event. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1938 Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2008-28 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194380 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: Postmaster General James A. Farley is shown sitting with some of the hundreds of thousands of letters mailed during National Air Mail Week, May 15-21, 1938. The national celebration honored the 20th anniversary of the first regularly scheduled airmail service. President Franklin Roosevelt and his Postmaster General encouraged everyone to send an airmail letter during the week-long event. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1938 Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2008-28 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194380 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |