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Jack Behrend Collection
Anywhere to Everywhere

“An impressive view of the changes in mail service that have been introduced in the Canadian postal system. Automated, computerized equipment does ...
Post Office Picnic
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office Picnic

Children and parents alike laugh and play during a picnic on a sunny day in an unidentified park. Games played include wheelbarrow races, one-legge...
Post Office Picnic
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office Picnic

Children and parents alike laugh and play during a picnic on a sunny day in an unidentified park. Games played include wheelbarrow races, one-legge...
The Christmas Story
JoAnn Elam Collection
The Christmas Story

Images of Christmas lights at night, a group of baton-twirlers in the street, postal carriers, kids walking down the street, etc. Exact date of pro...
[Postal Workers' Washington DC Protest]
JoAnn Elam Collection
[Postal Workers' Washington DC Protest]

In this footage, JoAnn Elam follows postal workers during a protest that their unions organized in Washington, D.C., in the late 1970s. Prominently...
Christmas Street
JoAnn Elam Collection
Christmas Street

A Christmas parade in downtown Chicago is intercut with mail carriers on their routes, suggesting their role in delivering gifts during the holiday...
Post Office: JJ Dogs
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office: JJ Dogs

Footage from JoAnn Elam's unfinished film Everyday People, following United States Postal Service mail carrier Juan Ortiz on his route. The ...
Everyday People Workprint
JoAnn Elam Collection
Everyday People Workprint

Footage from JoAnn Elam's unfinished film Everyday People. Much of the footage can be seen in the film's roug...
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JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office: Michelle Mailing

Unedited footage of a woman preparing promotional materials of JoAnn Elam's "Rape" for the post.
Post Office: C1
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office: C1

Footage from JoAnn Elam's unfinished film Everyday People, focusing on United States Postal Service workers sorting mail. Some of the footag...
[Postal Service]
JoAnn Elam Collection
[Postal Service]

Professionally-shot outtakes of United States Postal Service employees sorting mail onto and from conveyor belts. Occasional slates appearing betwe...
Post Office Demonstration 7/12/78
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office Demonstration 7/12/78

JoAnn Elam (herself a mail carrier in Chicago) marches with and interviews members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) as they pi...
Post Office Demonstration 7/12/78
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office Demonstration 7/12/78

JoAnn Elam (herself a mail carrier in Chicago) marches with and interviews members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) as they pi...
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JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office: Everyday People

JoAnn Elam's unfinished project, EVERYDAY PEOPLE (filmed from 1979 to 1990), is based on her experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Serv...
Everyday People (Rough Cut)
JoAnn Elam Collection
Everyday People (Rough Cut)

Everyday People is based on Elam's experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in Chicago, the various people she met while ...