{"id":11056,"date":"2015-05-23T10:12:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T15:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=11056"},"modified":"2015-05-23T10:12:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T15:12:46","slug":"usps-postal-uniforms-change-with-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/05\/23\/usps-postal-uniforms-change-with-the-times\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS: Postal uniforms change with the times"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Delivering in style<\/h1>\n<h2>Postal uniforms change with the times<\/h2>\n<p><time class=\"pubdate\" datetime=\"2015-05-22T15:12:00.000Z\">USPS News Link &#8211;\u00a05\/22\/15<\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"lightbox\"><a title=\"Postal uniforms from two eras. From left: a San Francisco letter carrier, circa 1894, and a carrier in 1973, when shorts were authorized.\" href=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/news\/link\/2015\/05may\/images\/news26s2-large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Postal uniforms from two eras. From left: a San Francisco letter carrier, circa 1894, and a carrier in 1973, when shorts were authorized.\" src=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/news\/link\/2015\/05may\/images\/news26s2.jpg\" alt=\"Postal uniforms\" width=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h6>Postal uniforms from two eras.<\/h6>\n<p>While USPS<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/news\/link\/2015\/04apr\/news02s2.htm\">tests<\/a><\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>the possibility of redesigning employee uniforms, one publication recently showed how postal styles have evolved over two centuries.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine Mental Floss published an<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/63548\/brief-history-united-states-postal-uniforms\">illustrated history<\/a><\/em>of carrier uniforms, beginning with blue-gray cadet-style outfits from the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>The article cites uniform oddities, such as the \u201cpith\u201d helmets that carriers began wearing in 1887. Also mentioned are breakthroughs, such as the first guidelines for women employees, issued in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>Other innovations mentioned include the introduction of knee-length shorts in 1973 and the addition of baseball caps in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>The article is based on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/who-we-are\/postal-history\/letter-carrier-uniform-overview.pdf\">an extensive history<\/a><\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>of letter carriers\u2019 uniforms prepared by the Postal Service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/USPS-Uniforms-Change.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11057\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/USPS-Uniforms-Change-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"USPS Uniforms Change\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/USPS-Uniforms-Change-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/USPS-Uniforms-Change.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delivering in style Postal uniforms change with the times USPS News Link &#8211;\u00a05\/22\/15 Postal uniforms from two eras. While USPS\u00a0tests\u00a0the possibility of redesigning employee uniforms, one publication recently showed how postal styles have evolved over two centuries. The magazine Mental Floss published an\u00a0illustrated historyof carrier uniforms, beginning with blue-gray cadet-style outfits from the 19th century. 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