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Background imageParcel Collection: Kaori-mono-awase, Gyoshu, 1830. Creator: Yanagawa Shigenobu II

Kaori-mono-awase, Gyoshu, 1830. Creator: Yanagawa Shigenobu II
Kaori-mono-awase, Gyoshu, 1830

Background imageParcel Collection: British parcels post -cage for reg. Parcels, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

British parcels post -cage for reg. Parcels, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British parcels post -cage for reg. Parcels, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageParcel Collection: British Parcels Post-sorting parcels for foreign mail, between c1910 and c1915

British Parcels Post-sorting parcels for foreign mail, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British Parcels Post-sorting parcels for foreign mail, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageParcel Collection: Christmas Mail, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Christmas Mail, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Christmas Mail, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageParcel Collection: Xmas boxes for U.S. soldiers, Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Xmas boxes for U.S. soldiers, Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Xmas boxes for U.S. soldiers, Dec 1917. Army officers established a "Christmas box hospital" for the repair of Christmas boxes received in bad condition

Background imageParcel Collection: Arrival of gifts for German soldiers, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Arrival of gifts for German soldiers, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Arrival of gifts for German soldiers, between c1914 and c1915. Arrival of gifts for German soldiers during World War I, possibly at Christmas

Background imageParcel Collection: Home for the Christmas holidays - drawn by A. Hunt, 1860. Creator: Murden

Home for the Christmas holidays - drawn by A. Hunt, 1860. Creator: Murden
Home for the Christmas holidays - drawn by A. Hunt, 1860. From "Illustrated London News", 1860

Background imageParcel Collection: Lillian Cromlein receiving seed from Tumulty, National Emergency War Garden Comm. 1917

Lillian Cromlein receiving seed from Tumulty, National Emergency War Garden Comm. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Lillian Cromlein receiving seed from Tumulty, National Emergency War Garden Commission, 1917. Joseph Patrick Tumulty (centre) was the private secretary of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

Background imageParcel Collection: Egg Packaging, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Egg Packaging, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Egg Packaging, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Egg Packaging, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Egg Packaging, 1915. Labels for sending eggs and empty egg boxes through the post. When Tag is attached from one end the string cancels address not in use; Place Forward Postage Here; Forward

Background imageParcel Collection: Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown

Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown
Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Goods waiting for despatch by delivery van

Background imageParcel Collection: Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown

Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown
Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912

Background imageParcel Collection: Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown

Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown
Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912

Background imageParcel Collection: Old Point Comfort, Va. - Wharf, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Old Point Comfort, Va. - Wharf, 1914

Old Point Comfort, Va. - Wharf, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Old Point Comfort, Va. - Wharf, 1914
Old Point Comfort, Virginia - Wharf, 1914. Parcels of currant jelly in Swift & Company crates

Background imageParcel Collection: Riggs Bldg. Post Office, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Riggs Bldg

Riggs Bldg. Post Office, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Riggs Bldg
Riggs Bldg. Post Office, between 1910 and 1920. Postal workers and customers, USA. Note scales at left for weighing parcels

Background imageParcel Collection: Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914
Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914

Background imageParcel Collection: Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914
Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914

Background imageParcel Collection: Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914
Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914

Background imageParcel Collection: Post Office Department - Dead Letter Mail, Supt. Marvin Mclean And Mrs. Clara R.A. Nelson, 1917

Post Office Department - Dead Letter Mail, Supt. Marvin Mclean And Mrs. Clara R.A. Nelson, 1917

Background imageParcel Collection: Parisian on the Place de la Concorde, c1885. Creator: Jean Beraud

Parisian on the Place de la Concorde, c1885. Creator: Jean Beraud
Parisian on the Place de la Concorde, c1885

Background imageParcel Collection: Reception, by Messrs. Cuthbert, Paternoster-Row, of Lint, Etc. for the Wounded at Scutari, 1854

Reception, by Messrs. Cuthbert, Paternoster-Row, of Lint, Etc. for the Wounded at Scutari, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Reception, by Messrs. Cuthbert, Paternoster-Row, of Lint, Etc. for the Wounded at Scutari, 1854. Warehouse for donations to the Nightingale Hospital in Turkey

Background imageParcel Collection: Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Egg box, between 1909 and 1923

Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Labels for sending eggs and empty egg boxes through the post. When Tag is attached from one end the string cancels address not in use; Place Forward Postage Here;

Background imageParcel Collection: Helping the Prisoners of War Parcels Scheme, 1944. Creator: Unknown

Helping the Prisoners of War Parcels Scheme, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Helping the Prisoners of War Parcels Scheme, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageParcel Collection: Arrival of Christmas Train, Eastern Counties Railway - drawn by Duncan, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Arrival of Christmas Train, Eastern Counties Railway - drawn by Duncan, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of Christmas Train, Eastern Counties Railway - drawn by Duncan, 1850. Porters unloading Christmas parcels at a station. Illustration to a poem by D

Background imageParcel Collection: Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850....a young lady...was to be placed in a convent, by her father, if she did not procure...one million of used postage stamps

Background imageParcel Collection: Receiving goods at the International Exhibition Building, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Receiving goods at the International Exhibition Building, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Receiving goods at the International Exhibition Building, [South Kensington, London], 1862. Our Illustration represents a section of the busy scenes within the building of the International

Background imageParcel Collection: Possibly: Johnnie Lews Chinese laundry on Monday morning, Washington, D. C. 1942

Possibly: Johnnie Lews Chinese laundry on Monday morning, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Washington, D.C. Johnnie Lews Chinese laundry on Monday morning]

Background imageParcel Collection: Johnnie Lews Chinese laundry on Monday morning, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Johnnie Lews Chinese laundry on Monday morning, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Johnnie Lews Chinese laundry on Monday morning

Background imageParcel Collection: Interior of a Chinese laundry located under the apartment of... Washington, D.C. 1942

Interior of a Chinese laundry located under the apartment of... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Interior of a Chinese laundry located under the apartment of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman

Background imageParcel Collection: Johnnie Lew, owner of the laundry under the apartment of Mrs. Ella... Washington, D.C. 1942

Johnnie Lew, owner of the laundry under the apartment of Mrs. Ella... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Johnnie Lew, owner of the laundry under the apartment of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman

Background imageParcel Collection: Mrs. Dorothy Bell and Miss Ida Hicks, employed at the American... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943

Mrs. Dorothy Bell and Miss Ida Hicks, employed at the American... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New Britain, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorothy Bell and Miss Ida Hicks, employed at the American Railway Express Company, earns thirty-three dollars and twnety-six cents per week, sorting, weighting

Background imageParcel Collection: Mrs. Dorthy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943

Mrs. Dorthy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New Britain, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorthy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old, mother of two children, employed at the American Railway Express Company, sorting packages, weighing them

Background imageParcel Collection: Miss Ida Hicks, Lithanian, twenty-eight years old, employed at... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943

Miss Ida Hicks, Lithanian, twenty-eight years old, employed at... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New Britain, Connecticut. Miss Ida Hicks, Lithanian, twenty-eight years old, employed at the American Railway Expersss Company, sorting packages, weighing them, etc

Background imageParcel Collection: Possibly: Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943

Possibly: Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: New Britain, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old, mother of two children

Background imageParcel Collection: Possibly: Miss Ida Hicks, Lithuanian twenty-eight years old... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943

Possibly: Miss Ida Hicks, Lithuanian twenty-eight years old... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: New Britain, Connecticut. Miss Ida Hicks, Lithuanian twenty-eight years old, employed at the American Railway Expesss Company, sorting packages, weighting them

Background imageParcel Collection: Mr. William Barber, an agent for the American Railway Express Co... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943

Mr. William Barber, an agent for the American Railway Express Co... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943
New Britain, Connecticut. Mr. William Barber, an agent for the American Railway Express Company, checking a parcel handled by Miss Ida Hicks, an employee

Background imageParcel Collection: Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943

Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943
New Britain, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old, mother of two children, employed at the American Railway Express Company, sorting packages, weighting them

Background imageParcel Collection: Men pause a moment to watch, and then pass on, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939

Men pause a moment to watch, and then pass on, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Men pause a moment to watch, and then pass on

Background imageParcel Collection: Koi no Omoni, from the series 'Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)', 1898

Koi no Omoni, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Koi no Omoni, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

Background imageParcel Collection: Torn in Transit, ca. 1890-1895. Creator: John Haberle

Torn in Transit, ca. 1890-1895. Creator: John Haberle
Torn in Transit, ca. 1890-1895

Background imageParcel Collection: Plate 8 from the Disparates : The men in sacks, ca. 1816-23 (published 1864)

Plate 8 from the Disparates : The men in sacks, ca. 1816-23 (published 1864)

Background imageParcel Collection: Camellia Flower and Yokan (a sort of bean jelly) Wrapped in Bamboo Skin, 1811. 1811

Camellia Flower and Yokan (a sort of bean jelly) Wrapped in Bamboo Skin, 1811. 1811
Camellia Flower and Yokan (a sort of bean jelly) Wrapped in Bamboo Skin, 1811

Background imageParcel Collection: Tortoises and Crabs, 19th century. Creator: Shibata Zeshin

Tortoises and Crabs, 19th century. Creator: Shibata Zeshin
Tortoises and Crabs, 19th century

Background imageParcel Collection: Nos comptes sont faciles a établir.. 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier

Nos comptes sont faciles a établir.. 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Nos comptes sont faciles a etablir.. 1844. Nos comptes sont faciles a etablir...vous m'avez confie mille exemplaires de votre recueil poetique intitule "soupirs de mon ame..." vingt

Background imageParcel Collection: The French Horn Inn, Holborn, London, 1851

The French Horn Inn, Holborn, London, 1851. View showing packages, carts and figures

Background imageParcel Collection: Fountain Court, Aldermanbury, City of London, 1830

Fountain Court, Aldermanbury, City of London, 1830

Background imageParcel Collection: The Atlas of the Landed Interest, 1784

The Atlas of the Landed Interest, 1784. Thomas Powys, MP for Northamptonshire, carries a large bale representing the interests of the landowners

Background imageParcel Collection: The mail arrives during the Battle of the Somme, France, World War I, 1916. Artist

The mail arrives during the Battle of the Somme, France, World War I, 1916. Artist
The mail arrives during the Battle of the Somme, France, World War I, 1916

Background imageParcel Collection: Sorting parcels at the Post Office, Mount Pleasant, London, 20th century

Sorting parcels at the Post Office, Mount Pleasant, London, 20th century. The largest sorting office operated by the Royal Mail, Mount Pleasant Sorting Office in Clerkenwell opened in 1889

Background imageParcel Collection: Christmas presents from home, to the troops with Methuen at Modder River, South Africa, 1900

Christmas presents from home, to the troops with Methuen at Modder River, South Africa, 1900. Stereoscopic card. British troops serving in the Boer War receiving Christmas parcels

Background imageParcel Collection: French refugee children waiting for a train, 20 January 1918

French refugee children waiting for a train, 20 January 1918. From a private collection

Background imageParcel Collection: Princess Elizabeth and her sister, c1936

Princess Elizabeth and her sister, c1936. The future Queen Elizabeth II (right), with Princess Margaret Rose. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

Background imageParcel Collection: Merchant, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie

Merchant, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Merchant, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Background imageParcel Collection: A Wells Fargo messenger from their Express Delivery service via the Isthmus of Panama, 1875

A Wells Fargo messenger from their Express Delivery service via the Isthmus of Panama, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells (1805-1878) and William George Fargo (1818-1881)

Background imageParcel Collection: Loading up horse-drawn vans at the Wells Fargo general office, New York, USA, 1875

Loading up horse-drawn vans at the Wells Fargo general office, New York, USA, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells (1805-1878) and William George Fargo (1818-1881)

Background imageParcel Collection: The Man for the Post, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain

The Man for the Post, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Man for the Post, 1882. This cartoon depicts the blind Postmaster General, Henry Fawcett, weighed down with parcels containing all sorts of objects and of all shapes, sizes and weights


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