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Christmas 1919: Post Office A La Cart in Washington, DC

Check out this amazing old photo of a makeshift post office in Washington, DC, set up to handle overflow mail during the Christmas season in 1919. Deck the truck with boughs of holly!
Ted's Bulletin front (source: tedsbulletin.com)
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Pension Office interior." This former repository of Civil War veterans' pension records is now the National Building Museum. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Washington, D.C., 1919. "Post Office a la cart." Deck the truck with boughs of holly! National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Washington, D.C., 1919. “Post Office a la cart.” Deck the truck with boughs of holly! National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Here’s a cool old photo from Christmas 1919. It appears to be a makeshift post office to handle overflow mail during the holiday season.

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