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Customers and Communities : Serving the Cities : Carriers & Mail Delivery : The Postman Always Rang Twice
The Postman Always Rang Twice
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The postal service did not require city dwellers to have mailboxes at their homes until 1916. Before that, carriers
would deliver the mail to the door, ringing the bell twice to signal that the mail was there, or knocking.
Image (at left):
Letter carrier ringing a patron's doorbell.
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To save wear and tear on their knuckles, carriers used wooden door knockers to announce their presence.
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Carriers sometimes used whistles to call patrons to the door to receive their mail.
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