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Modern Transportation of the Mails by Franz W. Bergmann
Modern Transportation of the Mails

Modern Transportation of the Mails

Artist
Year1936
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions8' x 12'
Location
  • Depicts various activities of the postal service.  In the foreground is a man driving a mail truck full of letters and packages.  Behind him on the left are a man and a woman standing at a counter at a post office being helped by someone.  Another man is writing next to him. In the background is a locomotive and an ocean liner illustrating the different methods of transporting the mail.  On the far right two men are loading mail to another man in what appears to be an airplane.