Art Deco And Stamps
August 14, 2008

Through the years, Edhat has gathered information for a few articles while standing outside the main post office in Downtown Santa Barbara. For a couple of years, we counted last minute tax filers on April 15th. In fact, one of those counts got us interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor.

While all the action happens outside the envelope, inside the post office there's a red-letter day of cool Art Deco designs, including wall reliefs showing the pony express, the building of the railroad, trains, farming, and some other things. One of the reliefs, in a throwback to stereotypes of old, depicts Native Americans attacking a stagecoach.

Yesterday, the dedicated staff of edhat.com went inside the main post office to take pictures of all the cool reliefs. As you can see, the picture shown in yesterday's WWII contest was of the pony express rider.

Seventeen Edhat subscribers knew where the pony express rides in Santa Barbara. The Edhat Dog, who checks the mail without a post office (if you know what we mean) was asked to pick the t-shirt winner. Without even a bark at the mailman, she chose leslie.mancebo. The post office may deliver, but Edhat doesn't. Leslie can pick up her t-shirt at Highlights Salon at de la Vina and Alamar.

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