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Image: Female mail carrier during WWI

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Description: Female mail carrier opening a post box in Paris during WWI. On September 28, 1915 to reduce the voids left by the mobilization of male carriers and reduce the delays in the distribution of mail, a decree that the wives of sub-agents killed or prevented from carrying out their duties due to the war could be employed as auxiliary mail carriers.
Title: Female mail carrier during WWI
Credit: https://www.multicollection.fr/IMG/jpg/jeanne-decorne-femme-factrice.jpg found on this webpage
Author: French postal administration
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License: Public domain
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