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Letterbox Collection

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Interior of first postbox, London

Interior of first postbox, London
Interior of the first Post Office letter box in London which was installed at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street, at the foot of Ludgate Hill. Date: 1855

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Posting a Letter

Posting a Letter
Two children posting a letter through the letterbox of a friend. Artist: Hester Margetson Date: 1930

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Unique letterbox - Western side St. George's Square, PImlico

Unique letterbox - Western side St. George's Square, PImlico
Unique letterbox on the Western side of St. George's Square, Pimlico, London - now removed Date: 1954

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Postman

Postman
Edwardian postman collecting mail from a letterbox and a young girl giving him a letter

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Young lady (off on her hols!) sends a quick postcard

Young lady (off on her hols!) sends a quick postcard
Life is short as time will show - If you don t get this, please let me know. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Achille Varzi in an Alfa-Romeo in the Biella Race

Achille Varzi in an Alfa-Romeo in the Biella Race
Achille Varzi driving an Alfa-Romeo in the Biella Race - seen here cornering over tramlines, near sandbags placed to protect a letterbox jutting from the wall. 20th century

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Posting Xmas cards

Posting Xmas cards
Pierrot and Pierette posting their Xmas cards into the letterbox. Date: circa 1918

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Posting letters

Posting letters - Young girl and her teddies at a letterbox posting letters in the snow. Artist: Agnes Richardson Date: circa 1920

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Brass postal, door handles and letter plates

Brass postal, door handles and letter plates
William N. Froy and Sons, brass door knockers and letterboxes. Date: late 19th century

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Young Jockey on a rocking horse posting a letter

Young Jockey on a rocking horse posting a letter
D you know that you owe me a letter? I fear you re an awful forgetter, or are you a jockey to boast how often you re passing the post? 1934

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Red English Post Box in a brick wall

Red English Post Box in a brick wall in Cambridge, England

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Soldier in a trench on the Western Front, WW1

Soldier in a trench on the Western Front, WW1
Soldier in a trench on the Western Front, with a letter box on the right, First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Bohemian Court Chancery. 18th century. Facade. Vienna

Bohemian Court Chancery. 18th century. Facade. Vienna
Austria. Vienna. Bohemian Court Chancery. 1709-1714. Built by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) and extended by Matthias Gerl between 1751 and 1754

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Letter box at Cranmere Pool, Dartmoor, Devon

Letter box at Cranmere Pool, Dartmoor, Devon
Close-up of the letter box at Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon. Cranmere Pool is famous for being the first place on Dartmoor to have a letter box, established there in 1854. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Red English Post Box in a brick wall

Red English Post Box in a brick wall in Cambridge, England

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Spr Office - Letterbox

Spr Office - Letterbox
Offices of the SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH at their former address, Adam & Eve Mews, Kensington, London : letterbox in front door Date: 1987

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Recruitment poster on post box, WW1

Recruitment poster on post box, WW1
The Call to Arms - a recruitment poster pasted to a post box reminding Britains men that their King and Country needed them in 1914. Date: 1914

Background imageLetterbox Collection: Birthplace of William Ewart Gladstone

Birthplace of William Ewart Gladstone
Photograph of 62 Rodney Street, Liverpool; the birthplace of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), the English Liberal Statesman and British Prime Minister (1868-1894). Date: 1910


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