man in LRQ standing on a table with divided slots, pouring out letters from a mailbag; other men in background at table sort letters; men at left sort letters into vertical cubbyholes on wall; uniformed man in LLQ reaching into a large mailbag

The Post through the Ages: The Paris Post Office, 1891

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Bequest of Harry Drakeexpand_more  2013.35.615

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Details
Title
The Post through the Ages: The Paris Post Office
Artist Life
Paris 1849–Domme, Dordogne 1918
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2013.35.615
Provenance
[Catherine E. Burns, Oakland, CA, until 1996; sold in April for POO, to Harry Drake]; Harry Drake, St. Paul (1996-d. 2012; bequeathed to MIA)
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man in LRQ standing on a table with divided slots, pouring out letters from a mailbag; other men in background at table sort letters; men at left sort letters into vertical cubbyholes on wall; uniformed man in LLQ reaching into a large mailbag