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Moving the Mail : Mail by Rail : Robberies

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Railway Post Office clerks were required to carry small .38-caliber pistols. These clerks are practicing their shooting. The guns came in handy on occasion. When the Salt Lake City mail train was stopped en-route, the clerks on duty fired a hail of bullets and drove off the prospective thieves.

Postal clerks training with their .38-caliber pistols










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