Mailboxes

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Components (Hierarchy Name) > components (objects) > <components by specific context> > system components > infrastructural elements > transportation elements > <road and roadside elements> > street furniture

Descripción

Public or private containers for pickup or delivery of mail. For rented compartments in officially designated post offices, use "post-office boxes." The term formerly referred to boxes in which the mailbags were placed on a mail coach or steamer. In British usage, "mailboxes" typically refers specifically to such containers placed on a pole or post on a person's property, while "letter-boxes" typically refers to the larger boxes located in public places.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300003853

Otros términos

  • brievenbussen [nl]
  • boîtes aux lettres [fr]
  • buzones [es]
  • mailbox [en]
  • letter-boxes [en]
  • letter-box [en]
  • letter boxes [en]
  • mail-boxes [en]
  • mail boxes [en]
  • brievenbus [nl]
  • boîte aux lettres [fr]
  • buzón [es]