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Hasty Messenger: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 10:14am.
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May 1915. "Hasty messenger #2. Sacramento, California. See night messenger report." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Messenger service?
Submitted by Chris Owens on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 2:10pm.
What would one have used a messenger service (open all night) for in 1915, anyway?
[I imagine you'd use it for delivering messages. Which was a big business back when there were large numbers of people both with and without telephones -- if you wanted to get a message to someone across town who didn't have a phone, you'd call Hasty Messenger Service. - Dave]
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