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Men in long line in front of the small San Francisco Post Office building. In 1849, mail from the Atlantic states came once a month. Those eager to receive word from 'home' would stand in line all night in the rain and mud, or they would pay others to secure their place in line. Photo of this lithograph taken from book, "The Annals of San Francisco."
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