Clerks casing mail for bags, U.S. Post Office
Summary
SUMMARY
The subject is an operation of mail handling called "casing." The camera was placed so that two men can be seen demonstrating the method. The demonstrators, with stacks of letters in their hands, place them in one of many apertures built into a cabinet or "case."
NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; 22Aug03; H34972.
Cameraman, A. E. Weed.
Filmed August 10, 1903 in Washington, D.C.
SUBJECTS
Letter mail handling.
Actuality--Shorts.
RELATED NAMES
Weed, A. E., camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
DIGITAL ID
awal 0861 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/awal.0861
Date
1903
Source
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Copyright info
Public Domain