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Scheble-style mailbox

Eugene D. Scheble, a dentist from Toledo, Ohio, designed this style mailbox in the early 1890s. At the time, the firm of Maybury & Ellis had a four-year contract with the Post Office Department to produce Doremus-style mailboxes. To prevent Scheble from becoming a competitor, Maybury offered him a share in the company for the rights to the box. When Maybury & Ellis’s contract was up for renewal in 1899, the postal committee approved the Scheble box design.

Date

c. 1900-1930

Type

Mail Processing Equipment

Medium

metal; paint (olive green)

Department

NPM

Institution

National Postal Museum

Object number

npm_1992.2002.40

Credit

National Postal Museum collection