Tucson Mailbox Art

Here's our last mailbox for 2017. David Aber found it on April 13th and wrote: “I seem to have a talent for finding mailboxes that look ...

It seems to me that artistic mailboxes come in groups. Some blocks have several; the next blocks might have none. On September 14th, David...

It's hard for me to believe that I've been sharing photos of mailboxes for five years — since December, 2012 . The five hundredth ma...

On October 8th, David Aber roared past this box on top of a V8 engine in front of Sports & Imports Auto Repair. “For obvious reasons,” ...

David Aber calls this the Lizard Box. His photo is from April 28, 2017.

David Aber took and sent these photos on May 1st, 2017. He wrote: … They aren’t true mailboxes any more. They’ve been repurposed. I doub...

David Aber found this Fire Truck mailbox. He wrote that "It’s a bit hard to tell for certain, but I think it … is a mailbox cover. Look...

It's a great box, but what is it? David Aber, who snapped this photo on May 1, 2017, wrote "The Housebox (or, it could be a chur...

Here's a closeup of one side of this hand-painted box: Next, the other side. I notice two things about it. First, the scene on the ma...

As the expression goes: When pigs have wings… Maybe the Silva family knows something we don't? :) David Aber flew by this gem (and...

David Aber calls that one the Orcabox (because of the swimming orca). He wrote that the owner saw him photographing the mailbox and came ou...

Even through David Aber says he doesn't go looking for especially creative mailboxes, he sure finds them! This plain box with a tiki ...

I'll bet that a child painted this deep blue mailbox with cats, a sun, and green something-or-others. The other side, and the front, ...

I found this mailbox with a political theme on March 23rd.

This fun mailbox is along the top of a wall at the north side of the complex (the front side, along 28th Street): It's not actually u...

This mailbox is an amazing hodge-podge. The front of the cinder-block post has bluish tiles in different patterns. On the top edge, a gre...

Third in our series of mailboxes along a block or so of South Meyer Avenue is this decrepit old box with three house number plates hangin...

Next in the series of mailboxes on the 500 block of South Meyer Avenue (here's the first ) is this one overflowing with mail. This was ...

For some reason, neighbors on this block have some fun mailboxes by their doors. (The Barrio Viejo is a creative part of town.) On the left ...

The mailbox matches the colors of the window and door of the house. Here's the other side: I took the photos on December 22, 2016.

This arch-shaped mailbox post is turquoise colored, covered with colored tiles. There's a matching tile serape on the wall. There are...

Someone did an incredible amount of detail work to turn a mailbox into an old jalopy, then mount it on a saguaro “post”! The flag is hooked...

Those desert scenes with saguaro, mountains, and a sunset (or sunrise?) are from David Aber on April 24th.

You probably aren't surprised that David Aber named this “Horsebox.” To make this even better, here's the other side — with a rea...

That mailbox is one of the type you can't pin down exactly. David Aber (who sent the photos on April 13th) saw it as a truck. When I sa...

We usually don't show saguaro mailboxes/posts here . But, as David Aber wrote: “Its sheer size and gaping maw caught my attention.” I...