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Customers and Communities : Serving the Cities : Street Corner Mailboxes

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The remnants of this Orr & Painter letter box, now housed in the National Postal Museum's collections, was found following the great Johnstown Flood of 1889. A major disaster of the late 19th century, thousands of people lost their lives in this devastating Pennsylvania flood.

Partial side of a mailbox, with lock still attached. Mailbox is severely rusty.










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