Fred's Mailbox Picture Collection

Fred's Mailbox Picture Collection

I started collecting pictures after driving through a small region in which a number of neighboring families must have inspired each other to great heights. After that, I just developed a good "road eye". It helps that I take the time to peruse rural areas, simply because I enjoy getting off the beaten track -- nearly every one of my pictures are from rural areas.

As I have only recently started, all pics in my collection are from either Australia/New Zealand (where I worked this past year, and to where I will return occassionally), or from the Oregon, Washington, Northern California region in which I work (Oregon) and travel with some frequency.

Austrailia Series:

Note that in Australia, they are called letterboxes. Letterboxes do not have to conform to any standard, as they seem to in the U.S. As LB 65,38,26,23,42 show, nearly every rural mailbox was unique, and it was common for a farmer to simply nail a plastic spray jug or metal drum to a post, or build a crude wooden structure. It also is legal for anyone to put anything they choose into your letterbox, so a lot of junk mail is hand delivered locally. Thus, a lot of letterboxes have bold statements on them that no junk mail is acceptable. Thus, note comment for picture 30 below....

1: Lawnmower letterbox
4: The woodcutter's letterbox
6: Pig plus mushrooms
13: Plumbing parts letterbox. Located directly across the street from Man+Dog.
29: "Still here"
31: Sunflowers sprouting from letterbox.
35: Knight protecting letterbox.

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79: Man+Dog letterbox. One of my favorites, every component of the man's attire (pants, shirt, belt, hat, shoes) is painted metal, i.e. there is no actual cloth or leather, honest! Cute that the dog fetches the mail in it's mouth.

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