Preferred label

Post Office box               

Alternative label

PO Box 

Scope note

A private box or compartment at a post office where letters can be directed and picked up at the recipient’s convenience, without having to reveal a personal address.         

Parent concept

Mail       

uh-linked-data/concept/325        

Related concept                                                     

Postal communication        

uh-linked-data/concept/600

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT       

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

 Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/385