Canceling machine at P.O. Free to Congressmen, no. 9. Congressmen lick no stamps. They simply put their mail in envelopes and drop them in the chute, and when they reach the post office, they are run through the canceling machine just like postage-paid mail
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- Date
- 1939
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 8,104 × 10,174 pixels
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"Canceling machine at P.O. Free to Congressmen, no. 9. Congressmen lick no stamps. They simply put their mail in envelopes and drop them in the chute, and when they reach the post office, they are run through the canceling machine just like postage-paid mail" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canceling_machine_at_P.O._Free_to_Congressmen,_no._9._Congressmen_lick_no_stamps._They_simply_put_their_mail_in_envelopes_and_drop_them_in_the_chute,_and_when_they_reach_the_post_office,_LCCN2016874924.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 274385.
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