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David Fredenthal: 1941 Chelsea: The Way of Life: George Fisher: 1938 Moved to new post office building in August 2009 Clare: The Mail Arrives in Clare: Allan Thomas: 1937 oil on canvas Crystal Falls: Extending the Frontier in Northwest Territory: Allan Thomas 1938 oil on canvas Dearborn: Ten Eyck’s Tavern on Chicago Road: Rainey Bennett: 1938 ...
Several United States post offices are individually notable and have operated under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Notable U.S. post offices include individual buildings, whether still in service or not, which have architectural or community-related ...
The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states.
First national postal road map, created in 1796 by Assistant Postmaster General Abraham Bradley. The official post office was created in 1792 as the Post Office Department (USPOD). It was based on the Constitutional authority empowering Congress "To establish post offices and post roads". The 1792 law provided for a greatly expanded postal ...
Map Link was the largest map distributor in North America not affiliated with a major map publisher, and in terms of titles offered (over 100,000), it was the largest map distributor in the world. [ citation needed ] Until they closed, it was the largest supplier of maps to places outside the US for the Rand McNally retail travel and map stores.
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection is a large private map collection with over 150,000 maps and cartographic items. The collection was created by David Rumsey who, after making his fortune in real estate, focused initially on collecting 18th- and 19th century maps of North and South America, as this era "saw the rise of modern cartography."
National Geographic Maps is based in Evergreen, Colorado, where it has maintained business offices, a map warehouse, and a cartographic studio since National Geographic acquired the Trails Illustrated trail map brand and assets in January 1997. Prior to that it was based in Washington, D.C., and its suburbs.
On the east end wall is a relief sculpture of postal workers by David Slivka, dated December 1937, with the inscription "From U.S., To All Mankind, Truth Abode, On Freedom Road." The fourth, sixth, and eighth arches have paired oak and glass doors with brass fittings, featuring modified Corinthian capitals that are repeated inside the building ...