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Postal Castle: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 6:16am.
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Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1906. "The Post Office." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
My Whatzit guess
Submitted by TheGeezer on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 11:16am.
My guess is that it is a gong bell housing for robbery, burglar, or fire alarms for a nearby building.
Whatzit?
Submitted by LorenzoB on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 12:17am.
Mounted atop the curb at the left side of the intersection there is an item of street furniture. It is approximately six feet tall, and bears a resemblance to an old drug store 'your weight for a penny' scale. Does anyone in the Shorpy braintrust know what it was?
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Submitted by Larc on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 2:48pm.
This was replaced by a new post office and customs building in 1933. The Postal Castle met its inglorious end in 1942-43.
All this building
Submitted by AntonioB on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 1:33pm.
Seems like a mammoth sized building just for sorting letters and whatnot in circa 1900 Louisville. Unless post offices of the past housed a multitude of other govt. entities?
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