Rural mailman riding to the crossroads where he will meet another postman in a wagon. The mail sacks will then be transferred to his saddlebags and he will take the mail further up the side road and creek beds where no wagon or car can go. In the mountain section near Morehead, Kentucky.

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Rural mailman riding to the crossroads where he will meet another postman in a wagon. The mail sacks will then be transferred to his saddlebags and he will take the mail further up the side road and creek beds where no wagon or car can go. In the mountain section near Morehead, Kentucky.
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Wolcott, Marion Post

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 055459-D
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Date and title from verso.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver print
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 49733
TMS Object Number: 055459-D
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c7ee7e90-71ec-013c-3c24-0242ac110004
Rights Statement
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Rural mailman riding to the crossroads where he will meet another postman in a wagon. The mail sacks will then be transferred to his saddlebags and he will take the mail further up the side road and creek beds where no wagon or car can go. In the mountain section near Morehead, Kentucky." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ef05950-71ed-013c-cd37-0242ac110004

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Rural mailman riding to the crossroads where he will meet another postman in a wagon. The mail sacks will then be transferred to his saddlebags and he will take the mail further up the side road and creek beds where no wagon or car can go. In the mountain section near Morehead, Kentucky." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ef05950-71ed-013c-cd37-0242ac110004

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). Rural mailman riding to the crossroads where he will meet another postman in a wagon. The mail sacks will then be transferred to his saddlebags and he will take the mail further up the side road and creek beds where no wagon or car can go. In the mountain section near Morehead, Kentucky. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ef05950-71ed-013c-cd37-0242ac110004

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Rural mailman riding to the crossroads where he will meet another postman in a wagon. The mail sacks will then be transferred to his saddlebags and he will take the mail further up the side road and creek beds where no wagon or car can go. In the mountain section near Morehead, Kentucky.