TITLE:
Country post : rural postal service in Canada, 1880 to 1945 / Chantal Amyot and John Willis.
By:
Publication Date:
2003
Publication Information:
Gatineau, Que. : Canadian Postal Museum,
Volume:
1
Physical Description:
210 p. : ill., maps.
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
The rural post office in Canada was once a vibrant institution of sociability and communication. The mail brought books, magazines, newspapers, letters, sometimes money, and parcels. The small-town economy was aided by postal saving banks, the money order, and the mail-order catalog. Country Post recreates the postal world before the era of telephones and television through photographs and interviews with postmasters from all regions of Canada.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780660189987
General Note:
Issued also in French under title: Le courrier est arrivé, la poste rurale au Canada, 1880-1945.
Co-published by the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
