Last run, on Saturday, January 18, 1941, for Indiana's Trolley Car Post Office, documented by Robert W. Richardson, editor of Linn's Weekly Stamp News....

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Last run, on Saturday, January 18, 1941, for Indiana's Trolley Car Post Office, documented by Robert W. Richardson, editor of Linn's Weekly Stamp News....

Description

Letters and clippings:

1. From Editor Richardson on Linn's (Columbus, Ohio) stationery, February 7, 1941, to collector/subscriber Jack Middleton of Warren, Ohio, describing his trip on this last run and describing his photos.

2. "Indiana's Trolley Car Post Office," Linn's Weekly Stamp News.... by Bob Richardson, v. 12, no. 19 (march 1940), 1.  

3. "700 Covers Sent on Last Trolley Run," Linn's Weekly... for February 1, 1941, date listed in pencil on story clipping as sent to Middleton.

4. Untitled follow-up news note in Linn's Weekly for February 22, 1941, and listing three still operating outside Indiana trolley based railroad post offices.

5. A notcie that had appeared in Linn's for January 11, 1941 calling attention to the last run, scheduled for the 18th.

6. A penciled letter, editor's handwriting, and from an stamped envelope canceled January 18, 1941, "Ft. Wayne & Newcastle. R. P. O. Jan. 18, 1941."

The file, originally from Jack Middleton, was donated by alumnus Edwin N. Asmann, Class of 1927, in the 1980s.

Creator

Richardson, Robert W.

Date

1941

Rights

http://www.lakeforest.edu/library/archives/permission.php

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application/pdf

Language

eng

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Text

Citation

Richardson, Robert W., “Last run, on Saturday, January 18, 1941, for Indiana's Trolley Car Post Office, documented by Robert W. Richardson, editor of Linn's Weekly Stamp News....,” Digital Collections - Lake Forest College, accessed November 22, 2024, https://collections.lakeforest.edu/items/show/5824.

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