TIL about vmail and airgraph
Dec. 18th, 2023 03:49 pmI was watching a Pat Loller — who, let me just say, models a left wing version of patriotism that I absolutely find great delight in — TikTok about vmail and airgraph.
Here’s the Pat Loller TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8HR8uAj/
And a couple articles about vmail and airgraph:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/mail-call-v-mail
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/victory-mail-introducing-v-mail/microfilm-models-precursors-of-v-mail
I did not know about either of these and was super excited to learn about both, and the airgraph predecessor involving carrier pigeons in the Paris siege of 1870.
Here’s the Pat Loller TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8HR8uAj/
And a couple articles about vmail and airgraph:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/mail-call-v-mail
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/victory-mail-introducing-v-mail/microfilm-models-precursors-of-v-mail
I did not know about either of these and was super excited to learn about both, and the airgraph predecessor involving carrier pigeons in the Paris siege of 1870.