Woman uses scale to weigh package at drugstore postal counter

Photographer

Zdy, Frank C.

Date

• May 27, 1968

Summary

• A woman weighs a package using a drugstore's postal counter. A sign next to the counter reads: "Use our courtesy postal counter." Several scales and other machines including a cash register and one Pitney Bowes machine sit on the counter. Caption reads: "A courtesy postal counter where packages and letters can be weighed and stamped for mailing has increased customer traffic at Chapman's Drugs, Salem, Ore., says owner Don Chapman. Counter equipment includes a three-pound scale, a postage meter and a big scale which indicates 3rd class and air mail rates for larger packages. In-store signs urge customers to take advantage of the mailing service rather than fight traffic at the downtown post office. Chapman's is located in a suburban shopping center where there is plenty of parking."