
Alexander Brook, Reading the Family Letter, oil on canvas, 1939.

Alexander Brook, Writing the Family Letter, oil on canvas, 1939.

“Post Office Work Room” by Alfredo Di Giorgio Crimi. Photo by GSA.

“Transportation of the Mail” by Alfredo Di Giorgio Crimi. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Arrival of Mail in New Amsterdam.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“French Explorers and Indians.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Ben Franklin, Colonial Postmaster.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Post Dispatch Rider, 1776.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Mail Service in the Tropics.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Mail Service in the Arctic.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“General Store and Post Office.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Country Post.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Consolidation of the West.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Opening of the Southwest.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Sorting the Mail.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Unloading the Mail.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Pony Express.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Dangers of the Mail.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Mail Coach Attacked by Bandits.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Covered Wagon Attacked by Indians.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Messenger of Sympathy & Love.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.

“Carrier of News & Knowledge.” Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.