Postal service

A team of unidentified Women's Army Corps (WACs) soldiers work sorting the United States Army's mail while on duty in North Africa.

Two unidentified WACs work sorting and preparing the mail for soldiers in the United States Army.

An unidentified Women's Army Corps (WACs) soldier works reviewing the mail of the United States Army.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes the hands of several unidentified persons who attended the Nationwide Improvement Mail Services Anniversary Dinner at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman stands before a podium which is a replica of a mailbox as he addresses the Nationwide Improvement Mail Services Anniversary Dinner at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City, Missouri. Others in the photo are unidentified.

A group of men standing in front of a U.S. Mail Truck. From left to right: Mr. Atkisson; Mr. Lepak of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Mr. Shanks of Lincoln, Nebraska; Mr. Given of Lansing, Michigan; Mr. Russell; Assistant Postmaster General John Redding; Mr. Stover of Quincy, Illinois; and Mr. Hines of Macon, Georgia.

Highway Post Office Inauguration, left to right: unidentified; Assistant Postmaster General John Redding; Elsie Bowen, Postmaster, Ogden; unidentified; Harry Gleason, Postmaster, Sioux City; unidentified; unidentified; Estelle Burroughs, Postmaster, Albion; Myrtle Stark, Postmaster, Boxholm; Edith Johnson, Postmaster, Des Moines; and Earl Patton, Postmaster, Danbury.

A group of people gathered at an unidentified outdoor event. Pictured: Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (seated, left); Mrs. Irma P. Hannegan (seated, second from left); First Assistant Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson (seated, second from right); and Second Assistant Postmaster General Gael Sullivan (seated, third from right). All others unidentified.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (third from right) with unidentified Japanese postal authorities in the Tokyo General Post Office.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (at podium) speaks at a luncheon for the 25th anniversary of transcontinental Air Mail Service at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. All others unidentified.