Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag
Enjoy this nice “children” image:
Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag
Image by Smithsonian Institution
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Looks like a good way to beat the extra baggage charge by todays Airlines
Looks like one more stork on the unemployment line to me!
Amazing. Another wonder of the PUBLIC DOMAIN!
the inventor of the baby bjorn?
Gee, who’s having less fun in this picture?
//k
ha!
Here’s your order – three stuffed crust peperoni piz…
…doh!
go figure!!!
Is that in the USA ???
:=)
Special delivery!
This is WONDERFUL!!
))
return to sender.
Great picture!
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You’ve got mail…..
Just wonderful !
amazing image!! what a treasure.
haha this is cute .
I laughed a lot with that note that says "I had a stamp on me but i ated it "
Male service in it’s infancy
What can the poor man do – in those days there wasn’t things like parental leave or kindergartens…
really nice shot
Carrying the future
Special delivery!
this is so very wonderful…the child’s expression is priceless!!
Love this one!
this is gorgeous
The mail must go through!
Heavens, what else was sent parcel post I wonder?
cute!
Two words: Fed EX
The mail man looks pooped, the child has probably pooped…they simply look exhausted
very charming & yet very raw, just plain awesome
awesome, very nice.
i’m a mailman…i wish this was our uniform….
I am a mail man…I am glad this is not our uniform…I like shorts and a short sleeve shirt and my ball cap…although carrying a kid in my satchel might be amusing
wonderfulllllllll !!!!!!!!!!!!
Amusing and funny!!!
really beautyfull (:
This is so cute! I LOVVEEEE old photographs- this program is awesome!
what a wonderful photo
This is a great photograph. I just wonder what the thought process was going into this. Spur of the moment, or thought up over some beers the night before?
haha
awesome picture, and the baby is gorgeous *.*
cute
wooooooow
Haha, i love the expression on the little boy’s face, so cute…
Nice city letter carrier
Awesome picture
Cute story about the kids being mailed. Ha!
The same kind of humor which turned Buster Keaton into a stone-face for the rest of his life.
Very funny, therefore.
Great picture! I have only one old one, turn of the century of my grandparents, from Poland.
haha cute
cool *-*
Cool. Always a good way to hold
Willy Tyler & Lester (circa 1900)
amazing that there were actually children sent? Very interesting, I love that you are publishing online – learning something new about history everyday. Thank you.
Interesting picture and work
This image has been used in the indicommons.org post: Delivering the Mail
This is so cute!
Good…
My photos
what a bitter sweet picture!
absolutely wonderful
es una foto maravillosa!
CC
from the thumbnail, looked like the kid had no legs and thought omg..
: )
Oh… amazing
Special Delivery !
this is so good~
a piece of history. To be saved for next generations.
I lke this image very much and I’ve tried a little restore.
I hope you enjoy it
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Found in a search. (?)
the models have a stranger impression , look so cute
Shouldn’t the wee one be marked…"FRAGILE?" ; )
Fantástica
Well, the whole thing is artistically not quite so impressing; the compo is… well, is there any compo at all?
The models aren’t quite expressive either and this ape-like alien creature in the bag really gives me the shivers… and it’s also a bit overexposed too.
But well, it’s intereseting from an historicla point of view
It’s a documentary photo… I doubt the photographer was worried about being artistically impressive.
Thank you Brenda
you took the words right out of my mouth
have to agree with Brenda there. i’m sorry you don’t like the "compo", and would like to see you try to make a properly exposed image using circa 1900 camera equipment, film and development techniques.
i hope you’re being sarcastic when you jump in with a lightweight, camera club style critique on what is clearly "historicla" photo.
woowowooo is beautiful!
there was time wen this was love
Industrial Rev.
one of my fav.
WOAH :]
That kids head is enormous!.. almost as big as the mailman’s.
get a creepy vibe from it all:(
Great picture
It really is slightly disturbing…
I love this!
abslutely fantastic!
I wonder if the child would get served complimentary nuts and drinks on their travel?
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amazing!!!!
so 9
I like it!
Felicidades, congratulations.. Maginfique
Nice!
so cute!! lool
Good job
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i love thiss
Thanx
I think its great!
I can’t see the stamp.
so cuuuuuute!
what a great picture
cool
wow!!
great shot!!!
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I find no humor in this. Considering the time period involved, it was most likely the desperation of parents hoping to send their child to a better life by any means possible.
like it!
wonderful image, and amazing 2 kids got sent through the mail!
Мне тоже очень понравилось. так держать amigo.
An amazing photo!!!!
Sua foto é interessante. Chamou minha atenção enquanto passeava pelos meus grupos ou pelo Explorar. Parabéns! Você tem sensibilidade suficiente para tirar uma boa fotografia.
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Your picture is interesting. It called my attention while I was looking at my groups ones and Explore ones. Congratulations! You have enough sensibility to take a good photography.
I love the way the baby has tucked his/her hands in.
There is pride going on in this photo. From the point of view of the man’s gainful employment and from the point of view of fatherhood. Either that or the mailman has made an odd find out on his round.
:}
cute !
congrats on explore
great invention!!XDD
cute photo , makes people smile .
I can not believe any parent would "mail" their precious child !
amazing!
insprirationally captivating
haha, very nice!
my fav
Muito boa!
Nice!
bring back this service please!!!!
So this is why we have rules!
NO WAY!
Insane idea…just imagine if the children were postmarked
"Return to Sender!"
HAHA!
; D
so simple, and yet so strong!
Reality truly is stranger than fiction.
what a shot
I find no humor in this. Considering the time period involved, it was most likely the desperation of parents hoping to send their child to a better life by any means possible.
/
Nice…way to use my original message in a spam.
http://www.sistown.com
return to sender
fantastic!
Very nice picture
great shot…
bela foto , ambos com a mesma expressão.
Excellent!!!
epic.
so cute litl boy….
nice
wowww! Very beautiful…
Hola que tal… mi nomb es Will tengo poco en este medio pero me gusto tu pik espero pases a darle una buelta a mi espacio…
lindas fotos bye bye
the shot is awsome, the comments on the other hand–way retarded…
wooow !!!
OMG :S is a beutifull xd
You have to remember that there are very little shadows in black and white pictures, it uses non-color wavelengths such as infra-red on the sliver-based film. So anything in the shadows does shows very well in these films because infra-red reflects light better than colors. That’s why the hands and face are different, since the face is actually in the shadows of sunlight.
Love it, classic photo. It reminds me of celebrities that carry their dogs in bags. Maybe trashy magazines would be more interesting if celebrities started carrying their children in mail bags.
muito boa
fabulous snap!!!
Cute xD
hi!!
loooooool
nice
Looks like the 20′s or 30′s… maybe it is "Go with Dad to work day"!!…
very nice photo..<3
KeeP !T up..^^
hope to see you’r comment
Happy Commonsversary, from Indicommons!
Thanks Lú!
And see a blog post about this photo here:
blog.photography.si.edu/2009/06/16/mail-a-baby/
very nice foto!
Fabulous photo!
Superb
Beautiful
wow this is classs!
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cradle to grave.
tells a wonderful story!
before they invented the term say cheese? smile people
brilliant mood to the image
Look, honey…it’s the baby we ordered!
(I’m still laughing at the comment about the ‘kids head being as big as the mailman’s…creepy"). Can you imagine being stuck with someone’s child like that?? I don’t even want to watch the neighbor’s kid for an hour!!
"Have a child you don’t want… POST IT!"
Great ! I love both their expressions !
Amazing!
in 1913 people can shot this pic with great compo, how brilliant it was!
wonderful
great cute
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they needed to eat more and more!
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what a wonderful photo
nfl jerseys
what a hill he is doning withe this boy
what makes this image popular?
give him a nickle n the baby gets out n
does the mash potato……..
migee
I like
hahaha
wow!
I like this
molto bella!!
funny
Thίs ωonderfυl ρίc =)
Love ίt (L) ,,
what a wonderful pic. it is ~!!!!!
gran bella foto
expressions are great……
ahhh… the days of no sunscreen….this is great,aint nothing better than an old photo….so many thoughts
lol I love this too !
very interesting, thanks for sharing (^-^ )/
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Great shot ..Congrats on Explore!!
Magnifica!!!
love it:)
Its Great !!! Baby’s Day (out) in !!!
hit+
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cool
Great shot!!
Beautiful shot!!
The idea is very beautiful
And implementation of excellent
Woooow amazing!!
i love this picture :B
so unseen!!
+++++ nice+++++
oi
Simply stunning. Faved.
spettacolare!
I love this kind of image.
impresionante
Amazing caputre!
This image is music to my eyes!
can you imagine what those precious babies went thru before we finally realized what could happen to them? This child is so awesome.
Termino de morir de ternura!!! qué gordito más precioso!!!
Muito legal fantastica
It’s very stunning pic… I think it was not a stage pic.. guess that day the baby was really in that bag:)
oh my, safe trip my fellow!
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Hi windflowerli!
This photo is actually staged and sending children by mail was a rare occurrence. You can read more about it here:
blog.photography.si.edu/2009/06/16/mail-a-baby/
oh this is completely normal… i put my baby brother in my moms purse all the time..
Ha! right.
Maravillosa
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I love old photographs and the story behind them. Thank for you sharing it!
有趣
depois dizem que cegonha não existe.
what a cute baby and brilliant idea!!!
Forget paying for daycare, I have a perfectly good bag right here.
wow
that’s crazy
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I just feel thrilled to know this news. And surely this is a great picture you have preserved for us. Thanks a lot.
Excellent image – صــورة ممــتازة
You are invited to display your image and join our group
ارجوا إضافة هذة الصورة إلى المجموعة و الاشتراك
WE ARE HER (WAH) نحن هنا
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Didn’t realize they brought them that way! LOL
Added to the gallery Oddities From the Commons 3
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this is SO sweet.
It reminds me of the "pioneers of photography" photos I have
haha, i really liked this
it’s soo nice <3
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haha!! i think that this is a really perfect gift!!!!
impressionist picture,loved it.
Entrega especial!!!
pre-aeroflot. my "boyfriend" and i used to get rides home from school in the mail carrier’s truck when we were in first grade. of course, now that’s kidnapping and an assortment of other crimes. where has the fun gone.
Just wonderful!!
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Oh, what a lovely photo! That baby looks like an adorable doll! So cute picture…
best photo ever!!!!!!!!!!
love the baby in the mailbag
That is an amazing, once in a lifetime, shot.
Los penes tienen distintos tamaños, formas y colores.
this is love
belle photo
Wonderful!!
amazing
Bukowski
This is an excellent Portrait!
^^