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Leck Kill Post Office Building, Leck Kill, Pa.
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A photo of mail carriers, post offices, mailboxes, etc. for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.
This is an early twentieth-century real photo postcard showing four men and a boy posing in front of a building. The boy is holding the reins of two horses hitched to a wagon, and a variety of items, including benches, barrels, and tools, are visible on the porch and on the ground in front of the building.
After scanning and enlarging the photo, I was able to read the lettering on the window in the middle of the building and discovered that it served as the "Leck Kill Post Office" (see a close-up view of the window).
Leck Kill is a small community located in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and its Wikipedia entry indicates that the post office there closed in 2004. Amazingly enough, I was able to find a 2009 view of the building on Google Maps (see my composite image of old and new views).
A 2018 online real estate listing provided additional details: "Property at one time was used for the local post office with a store and tavern. Presently used as a home with apartment and still has P.O. space." So it's possible that the post office in the building was still in use as late as 2004.
![Leck Kill Post Office Building, Leck Kill, Pa. (Detail)](https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/01/00/49870100.3349dd10.500.jpg?r2)
![Leck Kill Post Office Building, Leck Kill, Pa.—Then and Now](https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/03/36/47150336.f2e743ae.500.jpg?r2)
This is an early twentieth-century real photo postcard showing four men and a boy posing in front of a building. The boy is holding the reins of two horses hitched to a wagon, and a variety of items, including benches, barrels, and tools, are visible on the porch and on the ground in front of the building.
After scanning and enlarging the photo, I was able to read the lettering on the window in the middle of the building and discovered that it served as the "Leck Kill Post Office" (see a close-up view of the window).
Leck Kill is a small community located in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and its Wikipedia entry indicates that the post office there closed in 2004. Amazingly enough, I was able to find a 2009 view of the building on Google Maps (see my composite image of old and new views).
A 2018 online real estate listing provided additional details: "Property at one time was used for the local post office with a store and tavern. Presently used as a home with apartment and still has P.O. space." So it's possible that the post office in the building was still in use as late as 2004.
![Leck Kill Post Office Building, Leck Kill, Pa. (Detail)](https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/01/00/49870100.3349dd10.500.jpg?r2)
![Leck Kill Post Office Building, Leck Kill, Pa.—Then and Now](https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/03/36/47150336.f2e743ae.500.jpg?r2)
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