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This is Why We Call It 'SnailMail'

grrlscientist | December 18, 2007

Did you hear about the christmas card that was delivered -- 93 years late? A christmas card that was mailed on 23 December 1914 in Alma, Nebraska, was just delivered to its destination in Oberlin, Kansas. It was mailed by cousins to Ethel Martin. However, the intended recipient had already died, so the card was given to Bernice Martin, Ethel's sister-in-law. Bernice Martin was impressed with the pristine condition of the card, despite its age and mystery. "We don't know much about it," she said. "But wherever they kept it, it was in perfect shape." The postcard features a colored drawing of…