Project seeks former newspaper carriers
If you were a newspaper-toting tyke, or remember a newspaper carrier who delivered to your home, will you share your tales?
Sandra Walker, a participant in the Nearby History program at the Seattle Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), is conducting a project with carriers who delivered in the many towns across America in the 1920s to 1960s era of newspapers.
Once as common as the milkman and the corner grocer, the youngster who threw the local paper on porch after porch also served the community. The postman has been granted praise for rigorous efforts to complete his rounds under harsh conditions. The child scurrying along delivering newspapers faced the same extremes of weather, and struggled with heavy loads, braved the dogs, and the occasional customer who shouted when the newspaper was on the roof.
Please recall your adventures and participate in contributing to the preservation of this American history.
Contact Sandra Walker at: 5111 Harbor Lane, Everett, Wash. 98203; phone: (425) 265-0718 or (206) 276-3224; email: papercarrier@verizon.net.