Postal service

Post office workers in Japan are sorting letters for distribution. From the album, "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

An unidentified Japanese housewife receives her mail from the postman. From the album "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

A mail boat plies between the mainland of Japan and an outlying island. From the album "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

An unidentified Japanese postman, "Uncle Postman," delivering mail in the country. From the album Mail Service of Japan, edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

Two unidentified men are unwrapping and distributing parcel post at a post office facility in Japan. From the album, "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

Mail is distributed by truck, from Tokyo Central Post Office, for delivery by other local offices. From the album "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Central Post Office.

The exterior of the Nakagyo Post Office in Kyoto, Japan. From the album, "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

People are picking up mail from the clipper America at Haneda Airport. From the album, "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

A mail carrier is collecting mail from a mail box and putting it on the back of his motor scooter. From the album, "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

Mail cargo is sitting on the clipper ship America, waiting to be unloaded at Haneda Airport. From the album, "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.