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Postal service -- History -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Typical post sledges and ponies used in Trans-Siberian travel

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b4_f8_599a

Typical post sledges and ponies used in Trans-Siberian travel, 1895-1896

 Item — Box 6: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621918], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 599
Scope and Contents note

Note on back: "sledge in which I rode for 4000 versts - nearly 3000 miles - 2,605 - W. H. Jackson."

Dates: Other: 1895-1896

Uncle Sam guards the Overland Mail

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b5_f5_687a

Uncle Sam guards the Overland Mail, approximately 1860-1870

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621926], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 687
Scope and Contents note

Photograph of a drawing by Bolma of a mail carriage escorted by armed horsemen.

Dates: Other: approximately 1860-1870