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Wallpaper for Your Computer
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The National Postal Museum would like to share some of our collection images with our online visitors. Feel free to download the images below. The steps to create a new background for your computer screen are outlined at the bottom of this page.
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National Postal Museum
West entrance to the National Postal Museum,
located at 2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., Washington, DC.
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Owney Illustration
Illustration of Owney, the mascot of the Railway Mail Service in the 1890s.
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Leavitt Cancelling Machine
Working model of the Leavitt cancelling machine, 1879. This machine has a circular Boston, Mass. / Mar 4 1879 stamp with an 8-bar oval killer with "D" in the center. The cylindrical drum that is off to the side is the ink reservoir.
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Mail Carrier 100 Years Ago
A painting by Lloyd Branson (1853-1925).
Dimensions of actual painting: approximately 6 x 8 feet.
Painted in 1904.
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Airmail Photograph
Photograph from the Benjamin B. Lipsner Early United States
Air Mail Collection.
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Airmail Photograph
Photograph from the Benjamin B. Lipsner Early United States
Air Mail Collection.
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Airmail Cover
Airmail cover from the Benjamin B. Lipsner Early United States
Air Mail Collection.
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Follow the steps below to set one of these images as a new background (or "wallpaper") on your computer screen.
Windows
1. Click on small image above and wait for pop-up window to load.
2. Right-click on the image.
3. Choose "Set as Wallpaper," "Set as Background" or "Set as Desktop Background."
Macintosh
1. Click on small image above and wait for pop-up window to load.
2. Click and hold on the image.
3. Select "Download Image to Disk."
4. Save the image to your hard drive.
5. In System Preferences, select "Desktop."
6. Under the Collection menu, select "Choose Folder"
7. Select the downloaded image from your hard drive.
8. Click "Choose."
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