Highway Post Office bus
1941
251.0 x 1006.0 cm
Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
This bus was the first Highway Post Office vehicle to operate in the United States. Its 149-mile route, which ran between Washington, D.C., and Harrisonburg, Virginia, was inaugurated on February 10, 1941. The White Motor Company of Cleveland, Ohio, designed and built the bus. The term
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Smithsonian's National Postal Museum (Washington, D.C., USA)
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Om dette kunstværk
- Titel: Highway Post Office bus
- Kunstner: white sewing machine co.
- År: 1941
- Oprindelige mål: 251.0 x 1006.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Ophavsretlig status: Beskyttet af ophavsret
- Udstillet hos: Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
- Hovedfarve: Black
- Farvetone: Blue-Violet to Rose