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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 16, 1955 reads "Leroy Shreve, of Canoga Park, loads mail into 'Mail Kart'--folding steel push cart-- while on North Hollywood route. Shreve calls cart 'real back saver,' and 'greatest investment for postmen.' Dozen similar carts are in use in North Hollywood. They are government approved, but mailmen have to pay for them."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
United States Postal Service--Employees Men--California--Los Angeles Letter carriers--California--Los Angeles Postal service--United States--Employees Handcarts--California--Los Angeles Mailboxes--California--Los Angeles Uniforms--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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