File:Highway Post Office Bus, 1941.jpg

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Description: Officials are gathered to welcome the first Highway Post Office bus in Strasburg, Virginia on February 10, 1941. This bus traveled on a route between Washington, DC and Harrisonburg, Virginia. By the 1930s, a significant decline in railroad passenger traffic had caused a subsequent decline in the use of railway trains. To fill the void, the postal service transferred some en route distribution from trains to highway buses. This is the first Highway Post Office bus and is the collection of the National Postal Museum.

Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Black and white photographic print

Geography: USA

Date: 1941

Collection: U.S. Highway Post Office

Repository: National Postal Museum

Accession number: A.2006-79
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Highway Post Office Bus at Strasburg, Virginia

Author Smithsonian Institution from United States
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