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Negative number: 92-15710 The exterior of the former Washington City Post Office Building on Capital Hill which houses the National Postal Museum.

Negative number: 92-15699 The Historic Lobby of the former Washington City Post Office Building which houses the National Postal Museum.

Negative number: 94-1301 The Atrium of the National Postal Museum with the Moving the Mail exhibit installed.

Negative number: 94-1300 The Winton Motorcar on display in atrium gallery in the Mortorizing the Mail exhibit. The motorcar was used in 1899 in the first test of gasoline powered vehicles. By 1912 Boston, Detroit, Indianapolis, San Francisco and five other cities were serviced by motorized vehicles.

Negative number: 94-1302 The entrance to the Philatelic Rarities Vault. Photo by Eric Long.

Negative number: 94-13457 The America's Stamps exhibit allows visitors to explore the beauty and lore of stamps. Photo by Richard Strauss.

Negative number: 95-730 Visitors to the National Postal Museum looking at stamps in the America's Stamps exhibit.

Negative number: 94-9450 The Colonial Post section of the Binding the Nation exhibit at the National Postal Musum. The exhibit features manuscripts and artifacts from the earliest years of the United States' postal system. Photo by Richard Strauss.

Negative number: 94-9448 The Pony Express section of the Binding the Nation exhibit. The exhibit displays Pony Express artifacts as well as artifacts using the theme of the Pony Express. Photo by Richard Strauss.

Negative number: 94-9445 The Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, post office in the Reaching Rural America exhibit. This small-town post office was used in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, from 1917-1971.

Negative number: 94-1286 The Business of the Mail: Parcel Post exhibit at the National Postal Museum.

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