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Photograph of U.S. Post Office, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1920s

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Date

1920 to 1929

Description

U.S. Post Office building located on Main Street on UPRR tract. The post office had only general delivery service with post office boxes until December 1933, when local delivery began. This was the period of "hook and toss" when mail was tossed from passing train. If the hook was not hit exactly, the bag might be torn and the mail scattered. That often happened. Information given by Geo. Smith, Personnel dept. US, P.O., LV, 11-30-83. Street Address: Main Street

Digital ID

pho022977

Physical Identifier

0118_0003
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    Citation

    pho022977. George Laurence Ullom Photograph Collection. PH-00118. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d14m91g69.

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    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

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    5531 x 3459 pixels
    9.218 x 5.765 inches
    78,989,200 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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    image/tiff