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Postcard

U.S. Post Office

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized view of the U.S. Post Office and its surrounding streets. Caption reads: "Post Office, Madison, Wis."
Photograph

Madison Central Post Office

Date: 11 20 1948
Description: Men and women in line at the Madison Central Post Office, 215 Monona Avenue.
Map or Atlas

Dane County Rural Delivery

Date: 1910
Description: Map of Dane County rural delivery in Madison and the town of Westport.
Photograph

View of the Old Post Office

Date: 1902
Description: View across Mifflin Street towards the old Madison Post Office, with a streetcar stopped in front of the building.
Photograph

Alfred Plaenert

Date: 02 06 1954
Description: Portrait of Alfred Plaenert, a candidate for Madison postmaster general.
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1900
Description: View across Mifflin Street towards the post office. Caption Reads: "Post Office, Madison, Wis."
Photograph

United States Postal Service Promtional Exam

Date: 02 13 1954
Description: Part of the group of eighty-two Madison mail clerks and carriers write their promotional exam to qualify for supervisory jobs. Standing are V.K. Peterman (...
Photograph

W.A. Devine with his Portrait

Date: 07 03 1934
Description: W.A. Devine, Madison postmaster for 24 years, with his portrait, painted by Arthur N. Colt, a Madison artist, at State Historical Society, 816 State Street...
Drawing

Old Post Office

Date: 
Description: A drawing of the old Post Office on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Mifflin Street.
Photograph

Interior of Old Post Office

Date: 1893
Description: Interior of the old Post Office.
Photograph

Nels A. Anderson, Madison Postman

Date: 12 29 1950
Description: U.S. postman Nels A. Anderson delivers mail to a door marked "15." Anderson began delivering mail in Madison in 1912 and is the city's senior postman.
Photograph

Madison Post Office

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Madison Post Office at 215 Monona Avenue. View looking north of the front of nearly completed Post Office from across East Wilson Street, with automobiles ...
Photograph

Madison United States Mail Carriers

Date: 12 07 1944
Description: Fifteen Madison U.S. Mail carriers standing on the front steps of the Madison U.S. Post Office. Lower row left to right: Martin T. Digney, Thomas M. Carey,...
Photograph

Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Council Tea

Date: 08 1955
Description: Harriet Irwin, a high school graduating senior, opening her invitation to the tea sponsored by the Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Council.
Photograph

Madison Residents Await Income Tax Return Help at Internal Revenue Service Office

Date: 04 14 1959
Description: Madison residents receive help completing their income tax returns at the Internal Revenue Service office located at the U.S. Post Office Building, 215 Mon...
Photograph

Postal Workers Sorting Mail

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Postal clerks Stanley A. Kolenda, William G. Spencer, and Nathan C. Hillmer sorting mail at the Madison Post Office.
Photograph

Madison's Federal Post Office

Date: 1875
Description: The City of Madison, Federal Post Office, at the corner of Wisconsin and Mifflin Streets. The cornerstone was laid on May 27, 1869. The building was demoli...
Photograph

Madison Tuberculosis Association Fundraising

Date: 12 15 1958
Description: Esther Haack (seated left) sells a page of Christmas seals to Leone Wagner at the post office. The Madison Tuberculosis Association sells about $150 worth ...
Photograph

Post Office at Christmas

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: People with packages lined up at the customer service windows of the Madison post office, 215 Monona Avenue, at Christmas.
Photograph

Old Post Office

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the old Post Office that was located at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Mifflin Street.

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