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wert
Rest in Peace
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51studebaker
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Posted 12/27/2018   2:09 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...l-180959372/
Don
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wert
Rest in Peace
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Posted 12/27/2018   2:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good one Don
But dosent the cancel hurt..haha



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Dry Tech
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Posted 12/27/2018   4:48 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Dry Tech to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Oh, the humanity.
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Newby Stamper
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Posted 12/27/2018   4:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Newby Stamper to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like he was going on a fast train. Ohh watch out for that hook.
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wert
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littleriverphil
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Posted 12/27/2018   5:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
With a real person in the mailbag, we have an alternate definition of R.P.O.
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wert
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Posted 12/27/2018   5:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Now R.P.O really means Real People Overland

Robert
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Edited by wert - 12/27/2018 5:21 pm
Dry Tech
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Posted 12/27/2018   5:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Dry Tech to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
One child, sent through the mails, decidedly unhappy, insufficiently posted, underinsured, and hung out to dry.
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Newby Stamper
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Thats awesome stuff wert and Dry Tech.
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ananthveerappan
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Did they have the option to "return back to the sender" back then?
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wert
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hy-brasil
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Did he ever return?
No, he never returned
And his fate is still unlearned.
He will ride forever through the postal system
He's the kid who never returned.
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Dry Tech
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You left out lost stolen or strayed
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22crows
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Here is an earlier thread about this photo and story:

https://goscf.com/t/37879&SearchTer...ing+children
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mootermutt987
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3 words: Tin Can Mail
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