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The General Post-Office; The Letter-Carriers Office, 1844. Creator: Unknown

The General Post-Office; The Letter-Carriers Office, 1844. Interior of the main post office at St Martin's Le Grand in London, view of a large room, with a gallery running round its four sides, and across the middle, to which are attached two spiral staircases...On the floor are two ranges of tables, divided into two double tiers of compartments; and down each side of the room is a narrow table, above which are five tiers of wooden partitions, or pigeon holes; and the gallery has also a double tier running round it; beneath the tables are enclosed cupboards for the use of the men. In the morning, the letter-carriers assemble, and assort the letters into their respective walks. The gallery will hold 100 men; and the body, with auxiliaries, 270 more. A portion of the floor is parted off in the middle, where two clerks sit to rectify any mistake which may arise in charging the letters to the carriers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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Pigeons, chromolithograph, published in 1897

Pigeons: 1) Rock dove (Columba livia, Felsentaube); 2) Bokhara Trumpeter (Bucharische Trommeltaube); 3) German Trumpeter (Deutsche Trommeltaube); 4) Frillback (Lockentaube); 5) Highflyer (Kalotte), 6) Highflyer (Berliner altstammiger Tummler); 7) German Nun pigeon (Deutsches Nonnchen); 8) Almond; 9) Short-faced Beards (Barttummler); 10) Jacobin should (Peruckentaube); 11) Agyptisches Movchen; 12) Chinesisches Movchen; 13) Deutsches Movchen; 14,15) Fantail pigeon (Pfautaube); 16) English Pouter (Englischer Kropfer); 17) French Pouter, 18) Brunner Pouter; 19) Carrier (Karrier); 20) German Bagdette (Deutsche Bagdette); 21) Cyprian pigeon (Zyprische Taube); 22) Roman pigeon. Chromolithograph, published in 1897

Pigeons, lithograph, published in 1893

Pigeons: 1) Black German Nun (Altdeutscher Mohrenkopf); 2 - 3) Nuremberg swallow (NAOErnberger Schwalbentaube); 4) German Shield Owl, red (Deutsches SchildmA?vchen, rot); 5) Antwerp carrier pigeon (Antwerpener Brieftaube); 6) Old German tail owl (FarbenschwA?nziges deutsches MA?wchen); 7) Fantail pigeon (WeiA?schwA?nzige Pfauentaube); 8) Ice pigeon (Eistaube); 9) Danish Tumbler (DA?nischer TAOEmmler); 10) Dutch Cropper (HollA?ndischer ElsterkrA?pfer); 11) Long-beaked tumbler (Langschnabel-TAOEmmler); 12) Archangel pigeon (Gimpeltaube); 13) Fantail pigeon (WeiA?bindige Pfauentaube); 14) Konigsberg Moorhead (KA?nigsberger Mohrenkopf-TAOEmmler); 15) Poeranian pouter, white (Pommerscher KrA?pfer, weiA?); 16) Jacobin Pigeon, or Capuchine pigeon (GemA?nchte PerAOEckentaube); 17) Florentine pigeon (Florentiner Taube); 18) Monk pigeon (MA?nchtaube); 19) Bokhara Trumpeter (Bucharische Trommeltaube); 20) Brunner Pouter (BrAOEnner KrA?pfer). Lithograph, published in 1893