The Postal Museum in London claims to have paintings dating back three hundred years to commemorate “postal activity.” Of course, people have been sending each other messages one way or another for a lot longer. The first recorded evidence of a system of delivery comes from Persia in the 5th Century BC. The technology surrounding long distance connection continues to progress almost constantly.
During the pandemic however, postal workers & other delivery service workers were crucial to people’s survival & wellbeing. Today is National Thank a Mail Carrier Day & I’m more than happy to celebrate them in today’s blog. If I see my postie today, I'll be sure to give him a wave.
Samuel Harry Hancock (1871-1932), A Postman of the City of London, 1922
James Fitton (1899–1982), Write Your Address Clearly, 1958
Lynton Harold Lamb (1907–1977), Telegraph Boy with a Bandaged Hand, in the Underground, 1939
John Armstrong (1893–1973), Pheidippides 490 BC Greek Messenger, 1934
Thomas Liddall Armitage (1855–1924), The Postman, 1891
Andrew Morton, Sorting Office, 1986
Edgar Ainsworth (1905–1975), Night Scene Outside a Sorting Office, 1935
Grace Lydia Golden (1904–1993), A London Loading Platform, 1948
Central Telegraph Office, General Post Office, London, Source: Illustrated London News, 12 December 1874
Thomas Rowlandson, The Post Office, 1809
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