Interior view of Brooklyn Post Office. In the foreground, an operator stands next to a pneumatic mail tube apparatus. Empty mail tubes are clustered in the foreground. Pneumatic mail tubes were used in New York City from 1897 to 1953 and carried mail between sorting offices. In the background, a postal worker sorts mail.

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_D47_BrP2

Date Original
1880 – circa 1910

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives. Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction.

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