People sorting mail at the main Post Office in Portland, during a Christmas rush. Stacks of mail are being sorted into boxes by people seated along a wall (negative 3 of 4).

A sorting room at the main Portland Post Office during a Christmas rush. Standing people from left to right: T.A. Hutchins, superintendent of mails; R.L. Russell, assistant postmaster, and Zella Z. Schlottman, supervisor. Containers of mail can be seen on a central table, with people on both sides sorting. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, December 20, 1947 (negative 1 of 4).

Full-length portrait of two unidentified letter carriers in uniform. They are standing side by side outside a building. Each man is wearing a satchel overflowing with mail and parcels. The number 121 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. The number 390 was also written on the negative, then crossed out. See related image No. 376G0226.

Full-length portrait of four unidentified letter carriers in uniform. They are standing in a row outside a building. Each man is wearing a satchel overflowing with mail and holding parcels and letters in his other hand. The number 121 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. The number 389 was also written on the negative, then crossed out. See related image No. 376G0227.

Photograph of two men, pilot Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly (left) and Portland Postmaster John M. Jones, seated in Kelly’s airplane at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, on April 6, 1926. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 8 of the Oregon Journal that day under the headline “Postmaster Also Goes by Air Mail.” The photograph had the following caption: “John M. Jones, head of Portland’s postoffice, as he appeared early today when he became a passenger with Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly, army flying ace at Vancouver barracks, to join air mail celebration at Pasco. Jones is in rear seat of plane piloted by Kelly.” The photograph accompanied the continuation of a front-page story about the inauguration of air-mail service from the Pacific Northwest on a new route between Pasco, Washington, and Elko, Nevada. According to that story, headlined “Northwest’s First Mail Plane Is Off,” Jones and Kelly flew to Pasco on the morning of the first flight on the new route to participate in festivities marking the event. Image note: The text “Okley [sic] G Kelly and Postmaster Jones” is written on the negative and is visible at the top of the image. See related image No. 371N5910.

Photograph of two men, pilot Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly (left) and Portland Postmaster John M. Jones, standing next to Kelly’s airplane at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington, on April 6, 1926. A similar photograph of the two men, image No. 371N5909, was published on Page 8 of the Oregon Journal that day; it was part of the Journal’s coverage of the inauguration of air-mail service from the Pacific Northwest on a new route between Pasco, Washington, and Elko, Nevada. According to a front-page story, headlined “Northwest’s First Mail Plane Is Off,” Jones and Kelly flew to Pasco on April 6, the morning of the first flight on the new route, to participate in festivities marking the event.

Five men pose outside the front of the Silverton, Oregon post office. Four of them have mail bags and one has a bundle of newspapers and magazines.

Uncased tintype featuring a portrait of a bearded man who looks at the camera. Handwritten note on the front of the image reads, "Edwin Bertrand Comfort, Second Postmaster of Portland, O.T." Handwritten note on the back of the image reads, "Edwin Bertrand Comfort. Pioneer of --- from via / The second Postmaster of Portland, Oregon Territory, in 1852. (Served from Aug. 21, 1850 to June 20, 1853.) Photo presented November 30, 1913."

Photograph showing a postal worker, placing mail into boxes, likely at a post office, near St. Helens and Columbia City. Newspapers and letters can be seen in the boxes (negative 11 of 14).

Photograph showing a woman standing in a receiving window, mostly likely at a post office, near the St. Helens and Columbia City area. She is holding a stack of letters, and a letter drop slot can be seen under the window (negative 6 of 14).

An unidentified Portland postman with his dog, Trixie. She sits on her hind legs while the man kneels next to her on a sidewalk, holding a stack of mail. A storefront can be seen at the left side of the frame (negative 6 of 6).

An unidentified Portland postman with his dog, Trixie. He holds a box of milk-bones while Trixie waits on her hind legs. He kneels on the ground next to an open postal box, which appears to hold packets of mail and a lunch box (negative 3 of 6).

An unidentified Portland postman with his dog, Trixie. Man and dog are looking at one another, while he carries her in a postal bag. He wears a United States Postal Service uniform (negative 4 of 6).

Sister Rose Mercedes, standing in front of a postal window at the Marylhurst post office, holding a stack of letters. Sister Rose served as the postmaster for the Marylhurst Post Office, with most of her patients being Marylhurst University students. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, January 6, 1950 (negative 1 of 4).

Photograph showing two men in an unidentified postal facility. Each man is standing at a machine and may be sorting mail. In the foreground at right is a cart partially filled with rows of mail. The two workers are unidentified.

Photograph showing five unidentified men standing in a row and sorting parcels into mail sacks hanging from a frame in front of them.