There Were Stars In Those Cars
Published by Mobile Post Office Society, Lexington, GA, 1992
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since December 12, 2003
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 19.95
Quantity: 2 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Oversized in illustrated sotfcovers. 24 pp. Illustrated with drawings. Fine. An anthology of short reminiscences of the Railway Mail Service. The RMS was a significant U.S, Mail service from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. The manager of the Chicago Post Office, George B. Armstrong, formulated the idea of the organized sorting of mail while while it was on route. It was officially inaugurated in 1869 and by the 1890s included trains made up entirely of specially made mail cars that would run on expedited schedules.
Seller Inventory # E30542
Bibliographic details
- Title
- There Were Stars In Those Cars
- Author
- D.J. Rohrer; Nancy B. Clark (illus)
- Publisher
- Mobile Post Office Society, Lexington, GA
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Softcover
- Seller catalogs
- Railroad
Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
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Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
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Bordentown, NJ U.S.A. 08505
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