Related Records

1. Box, Post Office - Postal box styles

   Display board of three types of post office box fronts used at the Brownton Post Office. l) Type used in 1920s until 1958. 2) Type used in the 1930s until 1958. 3) Type used from 1958 until 1987 when it was replace with a key type box. Box fronts are inserted in a wood frame painted gold.

   Record Type: Object

   
2. Document - Postmaster's Letter, 1922

   Postmaster's letter transmitting war-savings certificates, series of 1918, belonging to Otto Schulze to the Federal Reserve Bank, for exchange or payment at maturity. Otto had two registration numbers with a total of 26 stamps. Receipt signed by F. J. Reimers, Postmaster, Stewart, Minn. Dated December 26, 1922. Otto Schulze was grandfather to donor Agnes Hoffman.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Patch, Insignia - U. S. Postal Service patches

   U. S. Post Office Dept. and U. S. Mail patches on green felt display piece. The first patch was the official emblem prior to 1970; the second since 1970.

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Print, Photographic - Team of horses pulling a wooden house on runners used by mailman

   Black & white reproduction snapshot photograph of a wooden house on runners being pulled in snow by a team of dark horses. Used by the rural delivery postman to deliver mail to farmer's mailboxes, such as the one pictured on the right.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Scale, Postal - Fairbanks postal scale

   Fairbanks postal scale used in the first Hutchinson Post Office. Slightly curved brass holder; Fairbanks cast iron pedestal and brass balance arm calibrated to 34 oz.; brass weight.

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Scale, Postal - "Little Detective" Postal Scale

   "Little Detective" postal scale with tin scoop. Chicago Scale Company. Beam shows postage in cents on any class mail, i.e. letters, merchandise, newspapers. It was advertised in the 1889 U.S. Official Postal Guide as the best office scale ever made with $3.00 price; $3.50 with tin scoop; $3.74 with brass scoop. Had 1.4 oz to 25 lbs capacity.

   Record Type: Object