Sorting Office Collection

Soldier records, Camp Upton, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Soldier records, Camp Upton, 1917 or 1918. Soldiers sorting and organizing personnel records at Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island, New York State.

British and French prisoners assorting mail, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British and French prisoners assorting mail, between 1914 and c1915. British and French soldiers who are prisoners of war, sorting mail during World War I.

Censoring prisoners' mail, Doeberitz, 23 Sept 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Censoring prisoners' mail, Doeberitz, 23 Sept 1915 (date created or published later). Soldiers checking the mail of prisoners at a prisoner of war camp at Do¨beritz (now Dallgow-Do¨beritz)

Post Office Department Windows For Inspectors, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post Office Department Windows For Inspectors, 1913

Post Office Department Windows For Inspectors, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post Office Department Windows For Inspectors, 1913

Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Two men and a woman working at desks

Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Large group of people working

The General Post-Office; The Inland Letter Office, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office; The Inland Letter Office, 1844. Workers in the main post office at St Martins Le Grand in London

Interior of General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1809 Artist: Augustus Wall
Interior view of sorting office in the General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1809. Shows men sitting at desks in red coats and men at a large table in green coats sorting letters

Staff sorting letters at the Post Office, Mount Pleasant, London, 20th century. Artist
Staff sorting letters 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

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

Nimble Assistants at the military post office in London, which dealt with the huge quantity of mail for the various battle fronts, c1916, (1935)

Stamping and sorting office, General Post Office, London, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 13th February 1875

General Post Office. Letter Carriers Room arranged for dispatch of Newspapers, c1841. Artist: Thomas H Ellis
General Post Office. Letter Carriers Room arranged for dispatch of Newspapers, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

General Post Office. Inland Office, c1841. Artist: Thomas H Ellis
General Post Office. Inland Office, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

Mail train carrying letters to London from towns and cities in Britain, c1900. It shows sorters at work on board and, inset

General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. This shows the scene in a busy letter sorting office. The dozens of sorters, each with his own dedicated position

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