Highway post office in Rockville, Indiana.
| Description: |
This is a black and white photograph of the Highway Post Office bus in Rockville, Parke County, Indiana. Service was opened on US 36 between Indianapolis and Decatur, Illinois in 1952. The red, white and blue buses were to replace the Railway Mail Service where mail was sorted while in transit. Residents of Rockville are shown waiting to take advantage of this new service. This item was donated by Perry Neet. |
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| Origin: | c 1952 |
| Contributor(s): |
Perry Neet. |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll67/id/1298 |
| Collection: |
Parke County Public Library |
| Copyright: |
COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED |
| Copyright: |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Subjects: |
Parke County (Ind.)--Pictorial works Rockville (Ind.)--History--Pictorial works Highway post offices Postal service Clothing and dress--United States--History--20th century--Pictorial works. |
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