4251 East Santa Barbara: Barn (?) on a post

David Aber and I came across this mailbox-filled neighborhood on May 29th when I had car trouble nearby. (There are more mailboxes from nearby before and after this blog entry.)

What is this? Maybe it's a barn. Or something else. (Or maybe it's an unusually-shaped wooden box that holds mail.)

  We'll have another box like this next time.

4257 East Santa Barbara: Post with tiles on top

Tiles, in two shades of blue, around the top of the large stuccoed post:

This is one of a series of mailboxes I found on May 29th in this neighborhood around Columbus Boulevard north of 22nd Avenue. More are coming up.

3439 East 28th Street: Metal flowers along the posts

I found this mailbox on May 26th:

Magnificent entrance and quirky mailbox

Never seen a mailbox with a broken-looking post and a mouse on top? You have now:

(At least, it looks like a mouse to me.) Next to this quirky masterpiece is the gorgeous mural-covered entrance to the home. Tomorrow, you can click here to see the entrance on the Tucson Murals Project blog.

I pulled over and squeaked to a stop on May 29th.

1238 East Silver Street: Sea Creatures

David Aber took photos of these gorgeous mailboxes on May 23rd and emailed them to me the next day. Amazing mailboxes, as usual, Dave!

7372 East 31st Street: Engine 7372

David Aber found this gem on March 15th. The owner put (OLD?) “OL NO 7372” on the side:

4040 East 17th Street: Lawnmower

I spotted this mailbox with a lawnmower chained to the post years ago — but didn't take this photo until February 13, 2020. As far as I can tell, the lawnmover hasn't moved!

5702 East 19th Street: Tractorbox

We're finished with the mailbox archive. Back to mailbox hunter extraordinaire David Aber. He's outdoing me again :) with this photo he emailed on February 11th. Thank you, Dave!

4975 North Sandario Road: Desert mosaic posts

Many people put the effort into their mailboxes, but this plain box has mosaic tile on both sides of the post:

David Aber made that montage from the photos he took on April 2nd. Tomorrow morning's entry on The Tucson Murals Project blog will have closeups of the two posts. Starting tomorrow (August 25), you can click to see the closeups.

Mailbox archive mystery: 2415 Somewhere

The camera says I took a photo at 2855 E. Grant at 6:05 AM on June 27, 2013. I rode my bicycle a ways, then took the photos below four minutes later — at 6:09 AM. The address on the box is 2415. Where did I take them?

I searched streets around the area with Google Maps Street View for addresses starting with 2415. It looks like there's an office building behind — maybe that's along Tucson Boulevard? No luck. So here are the photos. If you know where I took them, please leave a comment below! (You can remain anonymous.)