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1977 Flood Damages Postal Jeeps

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This photo from 1977 shows some postal jeeps that were caught in a July flood. This was featured on the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum site.

“Postal inspectors were deployed to western Pennsylvania following a devastating flood, which was caused by a massive thunderstorm on July 19-20, 1977. These jeeps, swept away by the enormous force of the floodwaters, were recovered half a mile from the Windber Post Office.”

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4 Comments on “1977 Flood Damages Postal Jeeps

  1. Bob in PA

    Vernon

    U’re right. Junk. But maybe if you are an ex postman you have some fond memories driving these around. Remember – the milkman and post men always right g twice.

  2. Dave Antram

    Just up the road from where I am… I was a young fellow when that flood came to Johnstown. It was a bad one, but not the first – nor the worst one! The first one in 1889 led to the creation of the Red Cross…

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