City Free Delivery mailbox
National Postal Museum

City Free Delivery mailbox

early 20th century

glass; aluminum
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

This rectangular, glass mailbox has a metal cover and magazine grip. Markings on the pressed-glass body include "Visible Mail" in low relief and the maker's name, George Collins. Holton's Visible Mail Box of Chicago, Illinois, produced "Visible Mail" boxes during the first part of the twentieth century.

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