Tuesday, March 12, 2013

National Postal Museum - Moving the Mail

這是去年6月11日去Washington DC的遊記,那天早上去了National Postal Museum(國立郵政博物館)參觀,這個博物館就在Union Station(華盛頓聯合車站)旁邊,我的火車是下午兩點多回康州,早上的空檔正好在這裡還可以參觀一下。下面照片是郵政博物館的外觀。

這是郵政博物館的入口大廳,這個博物館也是Smithsonian系列的博物館,所以入場無料。不過入口還是有警衛會檢查個人的隨身包包。

博物館的挑高空間大廳展示著很多有關郵政的交通工具,這區的展覽叫做「Moving the Mail」(投遞郵件)。這台飛機是「The Wiseman-Cooke」是以飛行員Fred Wiseman使用並起名的美國郵政用的平信飛機,1911年開始使用。

大廳最中間的這台飛機是「deHavilland DH-4」,也是美國郵政在1918到1926年使用的寄送平信用的飛機。

挑高大廳的第三架飛機是「Stinson Reliant」,這台飛機是1939年開始使用的,主要是寄送郵件到那些沒有機場或是降落空間的地點,飛行員會用吊掛的方式投遞郵件到地面上,不會降落。

這是1931年使用的「Ford Model A Parcel Post Truck」(福特郵政用卡車),那時候卡車的塗裝是橄欖綠色。

這是1986年使用的「Long Life Vehicle」,白色塗裝的郵政用車,已經很像現在美國郵政用來送信或包裹的顏色。

在大廳一隅還有一個只有車頭的藍色卡車,還有個樓梯可以上去看看。

大廳也有一個郵政火車用的車廂,也是橄欖綠色的塗裝外觀。

而且車廂裡面可以進去參觀,這是車廂內部的樣子,美國在1832年就開始使用火車投遞郵件。

大廳一隅也有好多種郵筒喔,這邊都是紅色系的郵筒,我只認識最左邊那個有寫「郵便」的郵筒。

另外一隅也有不同顏色的郵筒,我很快就發現右邊數來第二的那個郵筒,有點熟悉又有點陌生。

陌生的應該是顏色,現在平信應該是綠色,限時應該是紅色的,這個則是藍白雙色的。上面的文字真的讓我覺得很熟悉。

Address:
National Postal Museum
2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

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Official Website: National Postal Museum

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