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Postal history

Moving the mail

  • Steamboats PDF | HTM
  • Mail by Rail PDF | RTF
  • Star Routes PDF | RTF
  • Overland Mail to California in the 1850s PDF | HTM
  • Pony Express PDF | RTF
  • Airmail: A Brief History PDF | RTF
    • Airmail History in Pictures, 1918–1928 PDF | RTF
    • Airmail Pilot William C. Hopson PDF | RTF
    • Airmail Route Maps, 1918–1955 PDF | RTF
    • List of Airmail Pilots Employed by the Post Office Department PDF | RTF
    • Standard JR-1B Plane #1 PDF | RTF
  • Unusual Delivery Methods
    • Missile Mail PDF | RTF
    • Pneumatic Mail Tubes PDF | RTF
    • When Reindeer Moved the Mail PDF | RTF
  • Vehicles
    • Electric Vehicles in the Postal Service PDF | RTF
    • When Motorcycles Moved the Mail PDF | RTF

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Photo galleries

Images of past postal workers, equipment, vehicles, and scenes from postal history.

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The official history of the USPS

See our 156-page illustrated book The United States Postal Service: An American History.

To order a printed copy, see How to Order.

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Kids’ history of the USPS

A Kids’ History of the United States Postal Service, for young readers, shares USPS history in 40 fun-filled pages.