Mail boxes are supposed to have a small steel flag up when mail is in it. Some people use most anything, stockings, ties, etc.

Mail boxes are supposed to have a small steel flag up when mail is in it. Some people use most anything, stockings, ties, etc.

Item Information

Title:
Mail boxes are supposed to have a small steel flag up when mail is in it. Some people use most anything, stockings, ties, etc.
Photographer:
Griffin, Arthur, 1903-
Date:
[ca. 1935–1955]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Gelatin silver prints
Location:
Griffin Museum of Photography
Collection (local):
Arthur Griffin Photographs
Series:
People - Maine
Subjects:
Postal service
Postal service employees
Delivering
Correspondence
Mailboxes
Places:
Maine
Extent:
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9z903c042
Terms of Use:
Under copyright.
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title from item or materials accompanying item.
Handwritten on item verso: 12. Mailboxes are supposed to have a small flag up when mail is in it. Some people use most anything - stockings, ties, etc., to signal.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
0068_0042