Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.150.002 |
Collection |
Perryman Family |
Object Name |
Box, Post Office |
Date |
circa 1879 |
Description |
U.S. Post Office window and mail slots used in Tulsa's first post office located in the George Perryman home near present-day East 34th Street and South Trenton Avenue. The window contains 163 total mail slots, with 118 of them numbered from 1 to 118 with small metal identification plates. A brass plate on the front of the fixture, measuring 5.75" x 4.5," indicates the window was made for use in a United States post office by Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company of Stamford, CT. A barred window with shutters measuring 11" x 15" is located in the center of the window. The bottom portion of the window contains a mail slot for outgoing mail. The back of the window contains a locking cash drawer with a removable coin receptacle. The main portion of the window measures 56.5" in width, 41.5" in height, and 8" in depth. The top of the fixture contains crown molding measuring 60.5" in width, 2.5" in height, and 10" in depth. The total dimensions measure 60.5" in width, 44" in height, and 10" in depth. 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 |