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Selbyville Delaware Post Office

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Selbyville DE Post Office 19975
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975

ADDRESS: 23 Church St., Selbyville, Delaware 19975
ARTIST: William Howard. Calfee
TITLE: Chicken Farm
MEDIUM: Oil and termpera (mural)
STATUS: The Selbyville post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1942

Another wonderful stop compete with mural and challenging cornerstone to photograph. Nice weather and blue skies always make me happy when photographing the exterior of the buildings. I lucked out with the weather during this trip. I’m really happy with both the exterior building images and the mural is wonderful.

Selbyville was another building where the cornerstone is covered up with bushes. It was a bit of a challenge holding them back just enough so I could get a good photo of it. My preference would be a straight on image, but something this is difficult to achieve.

David W. Gates Jr.

Selbyville DE Post Office 19975
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Cornerstone
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Center
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Left
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Right
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Detail
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Detail
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Detail
Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Detail
Selbyville-DE-Post-Office-19975-Muralcrop-scaled

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Attica Indiana Post Office

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Attica IN Post Office 47918
Attica IN Post Office 47918

ADDRESS: 107 E Main St, Attica, IN 47918
ARTIST: Reva Jackman
TITLE: Trek of the Covered Wagons to Indiana
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Attica post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the pubic. It resides in the lobby on a wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1938

I’m grateful for the wonderful weather, blue skies when I visited the Attica, Indiana post office. Unfortunately, the lobby is closed on Sunday’s and I was not able to see the mural. I’ll have to plan another trip.

Note to self: plan your next trip during business hours so you can see the mural.

Update, I was able to re-visit this one in February 2022 during business hours. I love the display case they have in the lobby. It has some great post office memorabilia from the past. Great historical display.

David W. Gates Jr.

Attica IN Post Office 47918
Attica IN Post Office 47918
Attica IN Post Office 47918
Attica IN Post Office 47918
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Cornerstone
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Cornerstone
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Artifacts
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Artifacts
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Artifacts
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Artifacts
Attica IN Post Office 47918
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Artifacts
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Artifacts
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Mural Signature
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Mural
Attica IN Post Office 47918 Lobby

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Rehoboth Beach Delaware Post Office

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Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 1997

ADDRESS: 179 Rehoboth Ave, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
ARTIST: Karl Knaths
TTILE: Frontier Mail
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Rehoboth post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1940

This was another stop during my August 2021 road trip. I almost bailed on trying to get here. The traffic was horrible with everyone trying to get to the beach. But I stuck with it to get there and get the building and mural images I wanted.

David W. Gates Jr.

Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural Right
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural Left
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural Center
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Lobby
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Cornerstone
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural Detail
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural Detail
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural Detail
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural Signature
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural Detail
Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 Mural Detail

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Houston Delaware Post Office

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Houston DE Post Office 19954
Houston DE Post Office 19954

ADDRESS: 156 Broad St, Houston, DE 19954

Another stop another dark photo with the sun off to the side of the building. And you though photographing post office buildings was easy. ha!

David W. Gates Jr.

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  • Personal visit on 8/14/21 about 9:49 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
  • United States Postal Service

Monticello Indiana Post Office

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Monticello IN PO 47960 P1
Monticello IN PO 47960 P1

ADDRESS: 125 W Broadway St, Monticello, Indiana 47960
ARTIST: Marguerite Zorach
TITLE: Hay Making
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Monticello post office is still an active, operating facility and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the pubic. It resides on the wall in the lobby above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1939

Another fine example of a post office mural. I had the chance to stop in this one during a recent road trip to Indianapolis. It was early on a Saturday morning and it appears the sun rises behind and to the right of the building. Note to self, if I get the chance to stop here again, it would be best to visit in the afternoon when the sun is shining on the front of the building.

The exterior images you see here are darker and not particularly my favorite.

David W. Gates Jr.

Monticello IN Post Office 47960
Monticello IN Post Office 47960 Cornerstone
Monticello IN Post Office 47960 Mural Center
Monticello IN Post Office 47960 Mural Signature
Monticello IN Post Office 47960
Monticello IN Post Office 47960
Monticello IN Post Office 47960
Monticello IN Post Office 47960 Mural Left
Monticello IN Post Office 47960 Mural Right
Monticello IN Post Office 47960 Mural Detail
Monticello IN Post Office 47960 Mural Detail
Monticello IN Post Office 47960 Mural Detail
Monticello IN Post Office 47960 Mural
Monticello IN PO 47960 P1

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Harrington Delaware Post Office

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Harrington DE Post Office 19952
Harrington DE Post Office 19952

ADDRESS: 2 Commerce St, Harrington, DE 19952
ARTIST: Eve Salisbury
TITLE: Men Hoeing
MEDIUM: Wax Tempera (mural)
STATUS: The Harrington post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1941

When I arrived in Harrington, the sun was behind the building making the images come out darker see below. I decided to circle back around in the afternoon for a better image of the front side of the building. This strategy worked out great.

The dedication plaque inside of this one is the larger size you often see in larger buildings. Of course I had to photograph it, but the retail display case was in the way. I was careful to move the display, take my photograph and get on with my day.

My only gripe about this one is the white Lexus off to the right, that apparently was not going to move anytime soon. This forced me to get angle shots with out the car in front. You can see a little of the car in some of the images, but for the most park I was able to get an un-obstructed photograph.

The plaque out in front of the building reads:

FIRST RURAL FREE DELIVERY ROUTE

For many years the National Grange and other organizations interested in the welfare of citizens residing in rural areas advocated the establishment of rural free delivery of mail. In  October 1896, the Post Office Department introduced experimental rural delivery in West Virginia. The new service was favorably received, and by June of the following year there were forty-four routes in operation in twenty-nine states.

On October 3, 1898, rural free delivery of mail in Delaware was initiated with the formal establishment of a route originating in Harrington. Joseph G. Peckman was appointed to servers carrier for the circuit, with an annual salary of $300. The route was seventeen and one quarter miles in length.

Approximately 600 families were served.

The establishment of the rural free delivery service resulted in the elimination of many small rural post offices. In 1902 alone, twenty-nine were closed in Delaware. By 1938, some 23,000 offices had been discontinued throughout the United States since the introduction of rural delivery.

Delaware Public Archives – 1998

David W. Gates Jr.

Harrington DE Post Office 19952
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Mural Signature
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Mural Left
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Mural Center
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Lobby
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Cornerstone
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Mural Detail
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Mural Detail
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Mural Detail
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Plaque
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Right
Harrington DE Post Office 19952
Harrington DE Post Office 19952
Harrington DE Post Office 19952
Harrington DE Post Office 19952
Harrington DE Post Office 19952 Dedication Plaque

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Frederica Delaware Post Office

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Frederica DE Post Office 19946
Frederica DE Post Office 19946

ADDRESS: 128 Front St, Frederica, DE 19946

Another stop during my August road trip. Not much to photograph here. Pretty simple modern building.

David W. Gates Jr.

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  • Personal visit on 8/14/21 about 8:48 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
  • United States Postal Service