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Getting There archive for April 14, 2015

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015

Hillyard Station letter carrier #64, Harold F. Van Horne, and his delivery horse Molly, in 1939. This picture was taken at the corner of Central and Market streets. Van Horne worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 34 years. In the early 1940s mail delivery by horse and cart gave way to panel trucks.   (Photo submitted by Harold F. Van Horne)

A new mail truck? 

Grumman has designed and built many American fighter aircraft and the Apollo Lunar Module, and unsuccessfully bid on the Space Shuttle contract. The company also created the Long Life Vehicle, which we all know as the U.S. Postal Service truck. Those toy-like, right-hand driving, blue-and-white…

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