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Pneumatic Mail Tube, Brooklyn Post Office, c. 1900

N.Y. Brooklyn. Post Office. Pneumatic Mail Tube Apparatus.

N.Y. Brooklyn. Post Office. Pneumatic Mail Tube Apparatus.

New York State Archives, NYSA_A3045-78_D47_BrP2

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Pneumatic mail tube apparatus at the Brooklyn Post Office, circa 1900.

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Historical Context

Pneumatic mail tubes were used in New York City from 1897 to 1953 and carried mail between sorting offices.

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