1965 Last Mail Train
May 20, 1965 UPDATE Thanks to an assist from Bruce Petty with Los Angeles River Railroads we now have the correct date. According to a post on their website the Coast Mail was nicknamed Sad Sam....
View ArticleJ.J. Simmler, postmaster
Dead letter office, San Luis Obispo Tribune advertisement from 1883 by J.J. Simmler.Most of the mail in my box is computer addressed advertising junk, much of which goes straight to the recycle bin. I...
View ArticleSwift completion of their appointed rounds, behind the scenes at a mail...
Al Clement of Lompoc keeps his eyes on the mail as it goes through the sorting process. Although machines handle, cancel and move the mail, human eyes must scan each piece to assure proper routing.©Ken...
View ArticleSave a life with a knife, New Southern Pacific station, World War II week by...
Sixteen stories were jammed onto the front page January 9, 1943. The new railroad station in San Luis Obispo was scheduled to start construction January 11. The new building was estimated to be $50,000...
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