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MAKE A MEME View Large Image Rural Free Delivery (RFD) carrier tries out a car on his snowy route to show off for a Post Office Department photographer. The Department hoped to encourage carriers to replace their horses and wagons with the latest in transportation ...

Rural Free Delivery (RFD) carrier tries out a car on his snowy route to show off for a Post Office Department photographer. The Department hoped to encourage carriers to replace their horses and wagons with the latest in transportation ...

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Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Date: c. 1905 Object number: A.2010-1 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Dimensions (Unframed): 2 1/4” x 4 1/2&quot; Description: An unidentified, enterprising Rural Free Delivery (RFD) carrier tries out a car on his snowy route to show off for a Post Office Department photographer. The Department hoped to encourage carriers to replace their horses and wagons with the latest in transportation technology. Few carriers did so. Vehicles at the time were not yet adequate replacements for horses, wagons, and sleds on rural roads. Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America Collection Description: Transportation/Motorized Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Repository: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: c. 1905 Object number: A.2010-1 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Dimensions (Unframed): 2 1/4” x 4 1/2" Description: An unidentified, enterprising Rural Free Delivery (RFD) carrier tries out a car on his snowy route to show off for a Post Office Department photographer. The Department hoped to encourage carriers to replace their horses and wagons with the latest in transportation technology. Few carriers did so. Vehicles at the time were not yet adequate replacements for horses, wagons, and sleds on rural roads. Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America Collection Description: Transportation/Motorized Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Repository: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.