Mailster
PhotographerPhotographed by
Frank Lorenzo
American, 1928 - 2000
PhotographerPhotographed by
United Press International
American, founded 1907
Date1957 December 3
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Tracey Lorenzo Budrejko
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by United Press International (UPI) photographer Frank Lorenzo with typed caption.
Caption: HFP120301-12/3/57-NEWINGTON, CONN.: Newington is the first Post Office in New England to be Motorized with three-wheel "Mailsters" but letter carrier Dick Healy takes no chances on the first day, 12/3, as he makes friends all-over again with the dogs on his route. Mr. Healy is shown with "Tiny." The "Mailster" will do 35 MPH but he doesn't know how fast a dog can run. UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO fl
Caption: HFP120301-12/3/57-NEWINGTON, CONN.: Newington is the first Post Office in New England to be Motorized with three-wheel "Mailsters" but letter carrier Dick Healy takes no chances on the first day, 12/3, as he makes friends all-over again with the dogs on his route. Mr. Healy is shown with "Tiny." The "Mailster" will do 35 MPH but he doesn't know how fast a dog can run. UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO fl
Object number2023.82.246
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NotesSubject Note: This three-wheeled, gas-powered, quarter ton, lightweight mail delivery van is known as a 'mailster'. At least seven different companies produced mailsters for the Post Office Department. Letter carriers began using these vehicles in the mid-1950s. Mailsters could hold about five hundred pounds of mail in their compartments. (Source: Westcoaster mailster | Smithsonian Institution. (n.d.). https://www.si.edu/object/westcoaster-mailster%3Anpm_1985.0372.1)On View
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