6/29/2023 0 Comments Parkdale post office waycross![]() ![]() It is shown below, courtesy of the internet, more or less as I remember it however. It was eliminated in the post-Sandy renovation it seems. That post office existed much the same until hurricane Sandy nearly wiped out the town a few years ago. Of course I just loved the little doors that opened to a code my mom or dad had memorized. Sometimes there would just be a chit which meant you had to go to the window for a package that was too large for your box. As a result sun generally cascaded through the cheerful windows of each of those boxes, enabling you to quickly see if you had mail. The Sea Bright post office was light filled and airy, as befitted a beach community. Each had those wonderfully elaborate, decorative cast iron set post boxes and were in large part responsible for my fascination I think. They were quite different in feel, although probably constructed at about the same time. My parents rented post office boxes at each, one in Sea Bright and the other in Rumson. We had two on our regular errand route and I was equally fascinated by both. I don’t know why, but I always liked going to the post office as a child. Parkdale turns out to have remained a fairly remote community and seems to be best known for a recreational park area there. The photo is a bit timeless, a woman we assume is our post mistress, with her cat, a good size striped kit, long tail and ears back. There is a stamp (six cents) and cancellation on the back from the morning of May 27, 1968, but must have just been sold that way at the post office as an item since it isn’t addressed to anyone. I expected this to be a small photo and instead it is a mid-century version of a photo postcard. If you look carefully at the sign above the door there is a faded sign which for all the world appears to offer Pork Dolls, but is I believe an older version of the Parkdale sign. We have to assume that they were serving a relatively small community at the time considering that tiny letterbox affixed to the front to capture those off hour missive mailings. Please refer any inquiries regarding copyright status to info and we will try to clarify any uncertainties.Pam’s Pictorama Photo Post: I loved this image of a tiny post office and I think I would have been quite happy to visit it to do my regular postal business. We work diligently with our partners to ensure that media contributed to Wikimedia Commons are of acceptable copyright status. Wikimedia District of Columbia is a Washington, DC-based organization that promotes the collection, development, and dissemination of free content. This file was contributed as part of a Wikimedia District of Columbia project. The Wikimedia community is encouraged to add more information about this image's copyright status as necessary. Boston Public Library has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.Boston Public Library owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control or.The image was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions.The image is in the public domain because it has expired.This image, contributed by Boston Public Library as part of a mass-upload during Wikipedia Summer of Monuments, has no known copyright restrictions. This image was originally posted to Flickr by Boston Public Library at It was reviewed on 3 October 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. CC BY 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 true true You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work. ![]()
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