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Postmaster General receives largest postcard sent through mails. [...] postcard ever sent through the mails was delivered [...]eneral Harry S. New today as an invitation to [...]ening of the Bicennial Conference of the National [...] Post office clerks in Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 5. [...]red 24 by 36 inches and required one dollar in postage. Left to right: Postmaster General New; Thomas F. [...] retary National Federation of Postoffice Clerks; President of the federation and G.K. Mulvey, carrier [...] the card
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Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Washington DC postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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Date
01/01/1927
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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