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| Title | Postal delivery wagon, 1905 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1905 |
| Caption | In 1896, the post office started delivering mail to the rural areas of Bainbridge Island and hired John Richard Rayne as its first rural mail carrier. According to family tradition, this was Rayne's first job after he moved from Michigan to Washington State. He got the job after scoring 98 out of 100 possible points on the required test.
This 1905 photo shows Rural Free Delivery cart #1 at Crystal Springs, a small settlement in the southwestern part of Bainbridge Island. John Rayne is inside the horse-drawn cart. The woman standing nearby is Julia Severson. |
| Notes | Original photograph: 1905. Copied in 1990 by the Museum of History and Industry. |
| Subjects | Horses; Carts & wagons; Postal service; United States Postal Service |
| Personal Names | Rayne, John Richard; Severson, Julia |
| Places | Crystal Springs (Wash.); Bainbridge Island (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1990.69 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
