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May Festival participant Wayne Sherrill with the first Pacel Post push-cart delivery vehicle, Orange, California, 1954

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Title: May Festival participant Wayne Sherrill with the first Pacel Post push-cart delivery vehicle, Orange, California, 1954
Date Created and/or Issued: 1954-05
Publication Information: Orange Public Library
Contributing Institution: Orange Public Library and History Center
Collection: Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Rights Information: For information on copyrights and permissions, please contact Orange Public Library, Orange, California.
Description: May Festival participant Wayne Sherrill with the first Pacel Post push-cart delivery vehicle, Orange, California, 1954. Image shows Wayne Sherrill dressed in striped coveralls with a three-wheeled push-cart bearing signage that reads "FIRST PARCEL / POST DELIVERY / VEHICLE / 1924." He is behind the United States Post Office, located on the corner of South Lemon Street and West Chapman Avenue, Orange, California. Behind him, looking west, are three white and blue postal vehicles: an automobile, a van and a scooter. The scooter has a sign that reads "FUTURE / CITY CARRIER / SERVICE / VEHICLE" The May Festival, which began in 1933 and also included the May Day Parade, continued to be held until 1991.
Photographic print
B&w
21.5 x 30.7 cm.
Type: image
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3j49p5h6
OPL2930
10511263
Language: English
Subject: Postal service
Orange (Calif.)
Parades & processions
Carts & wagons
May Festival Parade--Orange (Calif.)
Sherrill, Wayne

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