The Mailman: Day In The Life Of A 1946 Mailman #rural #city #carrier #mail #stamps #usps #delivery

this is Glenn Tucker he's getting over a long sickness every day he watches for his friend the mailman good morning good morning how's Gwen much better that's fine I have a letter for him thanks ma for me yes one for you your friends don't forget you when you're sick no but I wish I could go Outdoors again I like to go around with the mailman all day all day Glenn the mailman has a long day he gets to the post office before 7:00 first he picks up the mail that is ready for him he brings it to his own work table above the table he has a case for sorting the mail our mailman is m Dolan other mail men are sorting the mail that they will deliver letters are most important so Mr Dolan sorts them first he puts the letters for each family in their own place now Mr Dolan sorts the magazines and newspapers and packages it takes about an hour to sort the morning mail it must must be done before 8:00 Mr Dolan is on time he is strapping his mail into bundles he makes each bundle a size that is easy to handle he takes the Letters Out of the case in the same order as the house is on his route he straps the letters up in bundles so they won't get out of order now they're ready for him to hand out the mail is too heavy for him to carry all at once so he puts part of it into a relay bag he locks the bag for safety the relay bag is going to a truck the truck will carry it part way for the mailman now Mr Dolan goes to the mail clerk from the mail clerk he gets a very important letter it's a registered letter so Mr Dolan signs for it everyone who handles a registered letter must sign for it he gets his key here too Mr Dolan takes special care of this registered letter he puts it in a separate pocket of his pouch next he packs the regular mail the bundles of letters and the magazines and he is ready to start around his route he must leave the post office before 8:00 our mailman is on time Mr Dolan is carrying many kinds of messages he carries friendly letters and business letters he carries magazines with stories and magazines with news he leaves the mail for some people before their stores and offices are open in the morning sometimes he hands the mail to people already at work The Filling Station man gets the registered letter he must sign for it to show that he has received it he must give the sign slip back to the mailman and the mailman must take it back to the post office the post office must keep the signed slip to show that the registered letter was delivered Mr Dolan is always careful when he crosses streets at this corner he watches the traffic light he crosses with it Mr Dolan comes to each house on his route at almost the same time every morning at this house the mailbox is right beside the door it's handy to reach and easy to open the lady in this house must have been waiting for her mail this slot is really the best kind of mailbox now Mr Dolan has emptied his pouch so he comes to this storage box for his relay bag the mail truck has already been here the truck driver lift the relay bag locked in the storage box Mr Dolan takes the mail out and puts the bag back into the box the truck driver will get the empty bag next time he comes with a full bag now Mr Dolan has another pouch full of letters and papers to deliver the mailman knows everybody in the neighborhood and everybody knows the mailman at the end of his route he stops at the mailbox as he passes to pick up outgoing mail in this big mailbox the large envelopes have fallen to the bottom the small envelopes are all together Mr Dolan puts them into his empty pouch He will carry them back to the post office to be sent out the letters will go to many different places they may go all over the world now we're outside a Village post office and here comes Mr H he's a rural mailman he takes the mail to people who live on Farms out in the country letters and newspapers and magazines and many boxes and packages too some of them come from stores many country people buy from stores far away the stores mail their packages to them the country mailman starts on his way by 9:00 country delivery is called rural delivery so the rural mailman's route is called an RD route R and D are the first letters of rural delivery part of this route is on paved Highway Mr H turns out here to make his first delivery the mailbox on a pole is easy to reach now the car turns off the paved Road from here on it follows a narrow road this mailbox has its flag up that means the mailman must stop to pick up something something the farmer's wife has a package to mail Mr H weighs it the farmer's wife buys stamps for it she mails her package at the rural mailman's car so some people call his car a post office on Wheels country children often watch for the mailman here's Becky almost every day she waits here by the mailbox she likes to get the mail for her mother just see what Has Come Today a big box with many holes in it the holes are really Windows what is in the big box with the round windows the box is full of baby chicks baby chicks don't have to eat or drink for a whole day after they're hatched so they can travel safely through the mail now Mr H has come to another farm this farmer wants to order some seeds by mail he's buying them from a store far away so he needs a money order to pay for them he knows a money order is a safe way to send his money the rural mailman will send the money order from The Village Post Office now away goes the post office on Wheels taking to people out in the country all the services of a post office in town every day everywhere hundreds of mailmen are going their rounds the deep deep snow doesn't stop this mailman rain doesn't keep this mailman from bringing the mail on time in a town on the desert the heat doesn't make the mailman late sometimes a messenger brings a letter by special delivery at night in good weather and in bad weather the mailman brings us our mail he always tries to be on time he works quickly for he knows where each piece of mail belongs the mailman is friendly and helpful almost everybody likes him for almost everybody likes to get mail