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Rural Mail Carrier

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John Nathaniel Norris, a rural mail carrier in Poweshiek County, Iowa, poses next to a horse and buggy driven by his wife, Alsinda. Mr. Norris, who was blind, covered the route from Ewart to Montezuma. Alsinda drove the buggy and read the names and addresses on the mail to him. Mr. Norris is holding a mail bag.
Title Rural Mail Carrier
Index Date 1890
Date Issued 1890?
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Provenance Marilyn Norris Holmes
Topic Norris, Alsinda Mae Keysor, 1849-1928
Topic Letter carriers
Topic Rural free delivery
Topic Horse-drawn vehicles
Topic Carriages and carts
Topic Norris, John Nathaniel, 1837-1907
Geographic Poweshiek County (Iowa)
Keyword 1890s
Keyword Ewart
Keyword Montezuma
Keyword Government
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Genre photograph
Extent 1 sheet
Media Type image/jpeg
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Language English
Identifier (local) grinnell:12430
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/12430
Access Condition Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).
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