Mail Carrier Day....

[misstia]

1970....this died out rather quick....



bigger so you can read it better....

Comments

[kshandra]

We did this with regular C-60s and an ordinary tape recorder.

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

Yes, most people did.  I surmise that this was a “cart” such as radio stations used for “canned” commercials back then - essentially a simplified 8-track cartridge.

This wasn't a bad idea, but it arrived too late.  By 1970 consumer electronics such as cassette recorders had already made it passé.

[bradygirl_12]

The Harry Potter world beat 'em to it with howler mail.

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

My mom, grandparents & great grandparents did this with reel-to-reel tapes and thankfully the tapes are still around and playable. I had them put onto CD and was able to hear my great-grandparents voices--which I never would have heard otherwise, as they died before I was born.

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

That's so wonderful!

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

I feel so lucky to have these tapes! :-)

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

That's sweet.

[pronker]

What a grand thing for you and your family! :D

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

But why? When you could just call someone on the phone?

This is like idk, sending a fax by telegraph. I know, nobody faxes anymore.

[misstia]

as the ad shows, she's sending something to a soldier.....you really couldn't phone someone who was serving in Vietnam.....though thinking about it, i think having the apparatus to play the message would be a burden to soldiers....

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

Long distance was also pretty expensive back then. I'd hate to think what an international call would cost, if one could even get one through.