print email comment close Moving the Mail URL: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2c_moving.html Description: Exhibit about the development of transportation service for mail delivery in the U.S. Includes images and information about the Railway Mail Service, airmail, and the "postal service's vehicular fleet, the largest in the world." Also includes details about the "Star Route" service, in which "the Post Office Department hired contractors ... and allowed them to use any form of transportation they chose to carry the mail, from canoes to snowshoes." From the National Postal Museum. Publisher: National Postal Museum Extra Keywords networking a nation LII Database Information: Record 19961 created by Maria Brandt on 12/05/2005 Last modification on 07/06/2006 Published: 11/22/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19961