Rural Free Delivery wagon model
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the Post Office Department\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Rural Free Delivery (RFD) service. This is one of two Rural Free Delivery wagon models produced by the company for the Department that is the in National Postal Museum\u00e2\u0080\u0099s collections (the other is #0.052985.277). A working model, it has the sliding doors and windows of the finished product. According to company advertising \u00e2\u0080\u009cThe Postman\u00e2\u0080\u009d also had \u00e2\u0080\u009cSarven, non-malleable wheels, cushion springs, and a 1,000 mile long-distance axle.\u00e2\u0080\u009d The four-wheeled wagon was designed to be used with either one or two horses, was equipped with sliding doors and \u00e2\u0080\u009cstorm proof\u00e2\u0080\u009d windows, built-in drawers for holding postal supplies and pigeonholes for mail. The wagons, made from hickory and ash with poplar panels, were painted by hand."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "In 1899 the company, located in Terre Haute, Indiana, created these quarter-size working models for use by the Department in helping to convince the US Congress to increase appropriations for rural mail service. RFD, which began as an experiment in October 1896, did not become a permanent service until 1902. When the company built the wagon models, they were investing in the Department\u00e2\u0080\u0099s long-term success in hopes of creating a new market for their goods."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "The company ran a series of advertisements for \u00e2\u0080\u009cThe Postman\u00e2\u0080\u009d in rural publications. Rural carriers responsible for providing their own equipment were the company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s target audience. Summer ads touted the wagon as ready for \u00e2\u0080\u009cstraw berry, straw hat and wheat straw weather\u00e2\u0080\u009d while winter ads noted that the wagon was perfect for \u00e2\u0080\u009ccold, chilly, freezing\u00e2\u0080\u009d winter. The 1903 winter ad boasted that \u00e2\u0080\u009call weathers are alike when you roll along the highway in the 1903 POSTMAN\u00e2\u0080\u0093the old reliable\u00e2\u0080\u0094the first completely costly RFD Wagon\u00e2\u0080\u0094the wagon the cheap factories are trying to imitate.\u00e2\u0080\u009d"}, {"label": "Description", "content": "References:"}, {"label": "Description", "content": "RFD News, (Chicago), September 11, 1903, 431; April 24, 1903, 234."}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Transportation"}], "place": [{"label": "Place", "content": "Indiana"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "hickory; ash; poplar; paint; canvas; leather; metal"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Height x Width x Depth: 40 1/4 x 29 x 55 in. (102.24 x 73.66 x 139.7 cm) Height x Width x Depth (Crate Dimensions): 51 x 58 x 39 in. 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