Daily Photo Theme Day: A Public Mail Box

This type of mailbox is used at apartment complexes. This one was in front of a large house that had been converted into 8 separate units. Each unit gets their own mail key so that their mail stays private and secure!

_1. London (UK)
_2. Grenoble (France)
_3. Rotterdam (Netherlands)
_4. Greenville SC (USA)
_5. Hyde (UK)
_6. Villigen (Switzerland)
_7. Albuquerque NM (USA)
_8. Mazatlan (Mexico)
_9. MontrÃ©al (Canada)
10. Stayton OR (USA)
11. Shanghai (China) [Jing] 12. Arradon (France)
13. Sequim WA (USA)
14. Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
15. Seattle WA (USA) [Kim] 16. Bastia (Corse)
17. Minneapolis MN (USA)
18. Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
19. Joplin MO (USA)
20. Sharon, CT (USA)
21. Cottage Grove MN (USA)
22. Singapore [Keropokman]
23. Menton (France)
24. Monte Carlo (Monaco)
25. Naples, FL (USA)
26. Kyoto (Japan)
27. Tokyo (Japan)
28. Cape Town (South Africa)
29. Jakarta (Indonesia)
30. Kitakami (Japan)

31. Tel Aviv (Israel)
32. Vantaa(Finland)
33. Auckland (New Zealand)
34. Nelson (New Zealand)
35. Tuzla (B&H)
36. Brussels (Belgium)
37. Lubbock, TX (USA)
38. Melbourne (Australia) [John] 39. Stavanger (Norway)
40. Tenerife (Spain)
41. Stockholm (Sweden)
42. Boston, MA (USA)
43. Not Strictly Seattle [Susan] 44. New York City (USA) [Ming the Merciless] 45. Paris (France) [Eric]
46. Sydney (Australia ) [Nathalie] 47. Wailea, HI (USA) )
48. Manila (Philippines)
49. Sydney (Australia) [Sally] 50. Cork (Ireland)
51. SaarbrÃ¼cken (Germany)
52. Saint Paul, MN (USA) [Carol] 53. San Diego, CA (USA)
54. Mexico [Poly]
55. Budapest (Hungary)
56. Singapore [Zannnie] 57. Madrid (Spain) [Dsole] 58. Nottingham (England)
59. Bandung (Indonesia)
60. London (UK) [Jonemo] 61. Seoul (Korea) [Han]

Article Comments

Gerald
2007-04-01 01:32

looks like a set of filing-cabinets!
Ham
2007-04-01 01:58

but how does it get in to any except for No1 ??
Helen
2007-04-01 02:01

Yes, Gerald, I agree.

Ham, the postman has a key to the lock on the back of the box which open revealing the cubbies for each unit.
Kuanyin
2007-04-01 02:21

Pure minimalism!
Kim
2007-04-01 02:24

Ah, nice photo of this apartment complex mail center. Gives another nice variation on our theme day.
-Kim
alice
2007-04-01 03:26

But there is no name on the boxes, how does the postman do if the sender of the letters forgot to write the number? Maybe my question is a French one, American people must be more organized than me…
~tanty~
2007-04-01 04:15

Agree with Gerald, it does look like filing cabinets. Happy Sunday 🙂
Dsole
2007-04-01 04:19

white!
I would paint each box with differents colours…
andreea
2007-04-01 04:57

very interesting indeed.
Eric at Paris Daily Photo
2007-04-01 05:06

I like this different kind of mailbox. I like even more the way you listed the other DP blogs…kind of like the mailboxes!
jing
2007-04-01 05:10

I agree with Gerald and Dsole.
🙂
very neat mailboxes….
here if the mailboxes are set by the post office,all are in dark green.

jing
shanghai daily photo
ben
2007-04-01 05:23

We have smiler one here for a flats.
Divided into 8? it must be a large house in first place!
Mandi
2007-04-01 06:17

How come only 1 has a slit for mail?
Kate
2007-04-01 06:31

Oh, I was hoping for something adobe; too much to ask, I guess! This is a common means of receiving mail in small town USA or in tourist hot spots.
denton
2007-04-01 07:03

I had not thought to take a photo like this. You are correct the number 1 box is public while the others are private.
Edwin
2007-04-01 08:41

Simplicity works best. Good one Helen.
Isabella
2007-04-01 15:44

I know it well 😉 My tomorrow’s post will mirror yours…