Smithsonian exhibit, "Mail Call"

The Spokane Valley Heritage Museum landed a Smithsonian exhibit, "Mail Call," which highlights military mail from the American Revolution to present day. The Valley was one of 20 cities who have hosted the exhibit, which opens May 9.

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Tue., May 8, 2018

The Smithsonian exhibit “Mail Call,” at the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum, includes a photograph of Civil War-era Union officers from the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery reading mail in 1864.

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A picture postcard from an American serviceman in Bordeaux, France, during World War I was sent home to New York on March 21, 1919, to welcome his new baby daughter. The card is part of the Smithsonian exhibit, “Mail Call,” at the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum. It reads “The first card to baby from her daddy, and with lots of love, too.”

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A photograph depicting members of the U.S. Air Force 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing waiting anxiously as Lieutenant Hubert Shackelford sorts the mail in Korea 1950 is part of the Smithsonian exhibit, “Mail Call” at the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum.

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Jayne Singleton, director of the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum, views installation of the Smithsonian exhibit, “Mail Call,” on May 1, 2018, in Spokane Valley.

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