Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.150.003 |
Collection |
Perryman Family |
Object Name |
Box, Post Office |
Date |
circa 1879 |
Description |
U.S. Post Office boxes used in Tulsa's first post office located in the George Perryman home near present-day East 34th Street and South Trenton Avenue. The post office boxes consist of a wooden frame measuring 51.5" in height, 51" in width, and 8" in depth. It contains 180 slots or boxes for mail each numbered with a metal identification label using numbers 131 through 310. Josiah C. Perryman served as Tulsa's first postmaster from March 25, 1879 to December 27, 1885. The post office received mail on Star Route Number 32024, a thousand-mile route from Vinita to Las Vegas, New Mexico. |
Search Terms |
early Tulsa mailboxes Perryman House U.S. Postal Service & post offices |
People |
Perryman, Josiah Chouteau Perryman, George |