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1933 Fair
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Map of 1934 Fair
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Firestone Tires
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Wilson & Co. Meat
Kraft Mayonnaise
International Harvester
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This post card showing old and new methods of delivering mail was mailed on the first day of issue of the 1¢ Century of Progress stamp showing Fort Dearborn. A 3¢ purple stamp showing the Federal Building was also issued on May 25, 1933. The fair was opened on May 27.
Railway Post Offices
Burlington furnished several cards for mailing in the Postal Car on the Burlington's World's Fair Exhibition Train. Mail clerks explained the methods of sorting mail in a traveling post office. Visitors could write post cards at a desk in this car and see them postmarked. This card describes the first Railway Post Office of 1862 and the "modern" Railway Post Office of 1934. On the back of another card are some facts about the most unusual U.S. Post Offices:
- Philadelphia, Pa.—Largest P.O. Accessible by land, water, air.
- Schley, Minnesota—Smallest P.O. "Believe It Or Not!"
- Mentor, So. Dak.—Central P.O. Geographical center of North America.
- Climax, Colorado—Highest P.O. 11,230 feet above sea level.
- Mecca, California—Lowest P.O. 188 feet below sea level.
Airmail
Air Mail Pouch Delivered Another Picked Up Instanteously in Flight
By the Adams System, in three flights every day, Braniff Airways makes lightning mail exchange before vast crowds. Time consumed to make connection with great air trunk lines at Municipal Airport is reduced four-fifths.
Model Reveals Method of Air Mail Pick-up and Delivery in Flight
A small working model of the mechanism and airplane used by Braniff Airways, is shown to World's Fair visitors by the inventor, Dr. Lytle S. Adams, in General Exhibits Building 3.
