Seventy years of progress in the railway post postcard
World's Fair's Burlington Route exhibition train postcard
| Description: |
Text in image: In a little car like this, on July 28, 1862, enroute from West Quincy to St. Joseph, Missouri, over what is now a part of the Burlington main line from Chicago to Kansas City and St. Joseph, United States Mail was first sorted while in transit. The purpose was to speed the departure of the overland stage coach from St. Joseph to California. At the right is the modern standard Railway Post Office, in several of which the California and other western mail is now sorted nightly on the Burlington fast mail trains between Chicago and Omaha.; Postcard is unsent. This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about |
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| Origin: | circa 1933-1934 |
| Source: |
http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/BowerFmPprsPh/id/934 |
| Collection: |
Bower Family Papers and Photographs |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Chicago Cook County Illinois United States North and Central America |
| Subjects: |
Bower family Family--History Genealogy Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Railroad trains Exhibitions Postal service |
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