William G. Thomas III, et. al., The Countryside Transformed

1915

By the turn of the century, postmasters recorded postal routes and areas of service on a map of concentric circles showing the extensive and intensive networks they oversaw. The maps represented new, modern understandings of space, time, and service.

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United States Post Office Diagram, Metompkin, Va. 1915 By the turn of the century, postmasters recorded postal routes and areas of service on a map of concentric circles showing the extensive and intensive networks they oversaw. The maps represented new, modern understandings of space, time, and service. Courtesy of the Virginia Center for Digital History jpg image cite this image

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