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#135 Carl A. Throckmorton (left) showed Richmond Postmaster Fergus McRee one of the 100 new mailboxes that would be installed at city street corners, 1949.

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#135 Carl A. Throckmorton (left) showed Richmond Postmaster Fergus McRee one of the 100 new mailboxes that would be installed at city street corners, 1949.

What Richmond, Virigina looked like in the 1940s Through Historic Photographs

#135 Carl A. Throckmorton (left) showed Richmond Postmaster Fergus McRee one of the 100 new mailboxes that would be installed at city street corners, 1949.

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←#134 The Virginia Department of Highways debuted its newest piece of equipment on U.S. Route 1 between Richmond and Ashland, 1945.
#136 Residents of the Lakeside area took down their Rural Free Delivery mailboxes, which had given way to new, smaller metal boxes on porches, 1942.→

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