Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
3333 North Silverbell Road
Just by chance, the previous mailbox — which I found on October 22nd (2017) — had rabbits on top and bottom. This one is topped with bighorn sheep (on top of bighorn sheep…) and has a saguaro along the post:
At the left-hand edge of the photo above is the house number in what looks a plate of steel cut with a welding torch:
I found this surprise two hours after the first one.
At the left-hand edge of the photo above is the house number in what looks a plate of steel cut with a welding torch:
I found this surprise two hours after the first one.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
6562 East Calle Dened
David Aber insists that he doesn't go “fishing for” creative mailboxes and only takes photos when he happens to spot one.
Well, Dave, I think that may be a fish story. :) How do you come up with ones like this??
Let's reel this one in :-P a bit closer and brighten up the Bass a bit with my favorite free photo editor GIMP:
On December 4, 2017, he wrote: “This Largemouth Bass swallowed a mailbox… The fisherman left the weight scale in its mouth. The cover is obviously hand made and very well done.”
We'll go fishin' for more mailboxes in 2018. Happy New Year!
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
8372 East Balfour Place
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 like covered wagons. The one I found at 8372 E. Balfour Pl. is my third.” I think I've found a few, but — after five years of mailboxes (I posted the first in December, 2012) — I've lost track.
Happy 2018! (Many more mailboxes to come!)
Happy 2018! (Many more mailboxes to come!)
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
6860 and 6870 Placita Caribe
It seems to me that artistic mailboxes come in groups. Some blocks have several; the next blocks might have none. On September 14th, David Aber spotted these two boxes next door to each other.
Let's look at the distant one (on house number 6870) first. Most of it is fairly plain, but there's a beaded butterfly near the top of the shorter post. I'll zoom in digitally so you can see it better:
Here's a view of the box on 6860, more toward the front:
A lot of mailboxes are mounted on camshafts, but this is a perfect match for a '57 Bel Air pickup truck.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Mailbox #500: 6725 East Rosewood Circle
It's hard for me to believe that I've been sharing photos of mailboxes for five years — since December, 2012. The five hundredth mailbox is one that mailbox-hunter extraordinaire David Aber found on September 14, 2017. He calls it “Alpine Chalet”:
Here's to the next 500!
Here's to the next 500!
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Near 29th & Old Spanish Trail
David Aber took and sent these photos on May 1st, 2017. He wrote:
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They aren’t true mailboxes any more. They’ve been repurposed. I doubt the Postmaster General would be very happy to find out their new use.
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The first Doggiebox (1, 2 & 3) was found in the 1800 Block of S. Sunburst Dr. The second Doggiebox (6, 7 & 8) was found in the 1500 Block of S. Desert Vista Dr. When you see the photos you’ll understand why there isn't an address. Both are in the same neighborhood, so I’m guessing they were put there by the Neighborhood Association.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
10610 East Camino Quince
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. Looks like it was made with a mix of hand-crafting and used parts."
I like the way that the grille seems to open for mail. It makes me wonder what USPS letter carriers think when they make a delivery to a creative box like this… I guess it's obvious where to put the mail?
His photos are from May 1, 2017. Thanks, as always, Dave!
I like the way that the grille seems to open for mail. It makes me wonder what USPS letter carriers think when they make a delivery to a creative box like this… I guess it's obvious where to put the mail?
His photos are from May 1, 2017. Thanks, as always, Dave!
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
2021 South Sunburst Drive
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 church or a schoolhouse?)" and that "it’s a mailbox cover and appears to me to be hand-crafted." (By "mailbox cover", we mean, typically, a printed layer of plastic that's put over the mailbox — vs. paint.) We don't aim to show stand-alone mailbox covers that are probably ordered from a factory — or other standard mailboxes— just Tucson originals.
David Aber, who snapped this photo on May 1, 2017, wrote "The Housebox (or, it could be a church or a schoolhouse?)" and that "it’s a mailbox cover and appears to me to be hand-crafted." (By "mailbox cover", we mean, typically, a printed layer of plastic that's put over the mailbox — vs. paint.) We don't aim to show stand-alone mailbox covers that are probably ordered from a factory — or other standard mailboxes— just Tucson originals.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
10619 East Placita Los Reyes
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 mailbox is painted over the flag. Most mailboxes have a flag that doesn't blend in with the scene. Second, the house number is written on the plastic newspaper tube underneath the box. The number doesn't seem to be anywhere else (including on the other side of the tube — which I didn't show because it looks like, well, a plastic tube):
David Aber snapped these on May 1, 2017.
Next, the other side. I notice two things about it. First, the scene on the mailbox is painted over the flag. Most mailboxes have a flag that doesn't blend in with the scene. Second, the house number is written on the plastic newspaper tube underneath the box. The number doesn't seem to be anywhere else (including on the other side of the tube — which I didn't show because it looks like, well, a plastic tube):
David Aber snapped these on May 1, 2017.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
2201 South Avenida Guillermo
David Aber calls that one the Orcabox (because of the swimming orca). He wrote that the owner saw him photographing the mailbox and came out to ask what the h*** he was doing. ;) Once they got to talking, the owner said that his daughter had painted the box. She's talented, eh?
Here's the other side:
This is the second mailbox David found on April 26th.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
128-136 East 17th Street
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 green stone plaque has the name Montaño’s. Wrapped around that is a steel vine with a butterfly on top!
This was the last — and most eclectic — of the four mailboxes I spotted on January 12th.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Marvelous Meyer #2: 551 South
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 an easy find on January 12th.
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