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Background imageMail Collection: Stagecoach stop in a town along the post road

Stagecoach stop in a town along the post road
Village stagecoach stop to change horses, early 1800s. Color halftone reproduction of an S.M. Arthurs illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Texas to Pacific Coast stagecoach schedule and price list, 1838

Texas to Pacific Coast stagecoach schedule and price list, 1838
Schedule and ticket prices for the San Antonio & San Diego Mail-Line, circa 1838. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Paddlewheel steamship Arabia of the Cunard LIne

Paddlewheel steamship Arabia of the Cunard LIne
Royal Mail steamship " Arabia" of the Cunard Line, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: National Road wagons and stagecoach traffic

National Road wagons and stagecoach traffic
Mail coach and slower wagons on the National Road, early 1800s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an Arthurs illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Meeting the new postmistress, early 1900s

Meeting the new postmistress, early 1900s
Townspeople meeting their new postmistress, about 1905. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 1905 illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Star Route scandal cartoon, 1881

Star Route scandal cartoon, 1881
Cartoon of a postmaster in the Star Route mail fraud scheme, 1881. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageMail Collection: Thomas Nast Santa Claus reading his mail, 1800s

Thomas Nast Santa Claus reading his mail, 1800s
Santa Claus opening a stack of letters, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a Thomas Nast illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Rider arriving with the mail on a post road

Rider arriving with the mail on a post road
Old-time post-rider trumpeting the arrival of the mail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: American stagecoach, 1795

American stagecoach, 1795
Travel by stagecoach in 1795. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Stagecoach approaching a village on the post road

Stagecoach approaching a village on the post road
Evening stagecoach arriving in a village with mail and passengers, early 1800s. Printed color haltone reproduction of an S.M. Arthurs illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Wagon trail over the Sierra into California, 1865

Wagon trail over the Sierra into California, 1865
Stagecoaches and wagons traveling to California over Donner Pass, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Stagecoach leaving Texas for Yuma, 1870s

Stagecoach leaving Texas for Yuma, 1870s
Stagecoach leaving Fort Worth, Texas, for Yuma, Arizona, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: First Butterfields Overland stagecoach, Atchison, Kansas, 1866

First Butterfields Overland stagecoach, Atchison, Kansas, 1866
Butterfields Overland mail-coach starting out for California, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Mail call in an army camp on the western frontier

Mail call in an army camp on the western frontier
Arrival of the mail in a US Army camp in the western territory, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Zogbaum illustration

Background imageMail Collection: San Francisco post office during the Gold Rush

San Francisco post office during the Gold Rush
Newcomers line up for their mail at the San Francisco Post Office during the Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Stagecoach travel

Stagecoach travel
Stagecoach on the old Boston Post road. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: Stagecoach carrying mail to the southwest, 1870s

Stagecoach carrying mail to the southwest, 1870s
Mail delivered by stagecoach to a post office in the Southwest, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: HSET2A-00005

HSET2A-00005
Pony Express rider changing horses. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Background imageMail Collection: HSET2A-00006

HSET2A-00006
Pony Express rider passing workers raising telegraph poles, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: HSET2A-00038

HSET2A-00038
Pony Express rider coming into a station in the Rocky Mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: HSET2A-00094

HSET2A-00094
Pony Express rider in a snowstorm. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageMail Collection: HSET2A-00095

HSET2A-00095
Pony Express rider changing horses at a relay station. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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