Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver PostEmory Townsend, 93, stops for a lunch break with his dog Molly while delivering the mail on June 20, 2017 on his route from the Somerset, Colo., post office. After 60 years of delivering mail and many other jobs, Townsend says that it is more of a vacation than a job.
Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver PostEmory Townsend, 93, delivers the mail to a remote mailbox on June 20, 2017 on his route from the Somerset, Colo., post office. After 60 years of delivering mail and many other jobs, Townsend says that it is more of a vacation than a job.- Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver PostEmory Townsend, 93, loads a mailbox on June 20, 2017 on his route from the Somerset, Colo., post office. After 60 years of delivering mail and many other jobs, Townsend says that it is more of a vacation than a job.
- Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver PostEmory Townsend, 93, stops for a break with his dog Molly while delivering the mail on June 20, 2017 on his route from the Somerset, Colo., post office. After 60 years of delivering mail and many other jobs, Townsend says that it is more of a vacation than a job.
- Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver PostEmory Townsend, 93, sorts the mail for delivery on June 20, 2017 on his route from the Somerset, Colo., post office. After 60 years of delivering mail and many other jobs, Townsend says that it is more of a vacation than a job.
- Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver PostEmory Townsend, 93, sorts the mail for delivery on June 20, 2017 on his route from the Somerset, Colo., post office. After 60 years of delivering mail and many other jobs, Townsend says that it is more of a vacation than a job.
- Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver PostEmory Townsend, 93, loads his delivery vehicle with the mail on June 20, 2017 for his route from the Somerset, Colo., post office. After 60 years of delivering mail and many other jobs, Townsend says that it is more of a vacation than a job.
- Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver PostEmory Townsend, 93, stops for a break while delivering the mail on June 20, 2017 on his route from the Somerset, Colo., post office. After 60 years of delivering mail and many other jobs, Townsend says that it is more of a vacation than a job.
Gabriel Scarlett, The Denver Post
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Emory Townsend, 93, stops for a lunch break with his dog Molly while delivering the mail on June 20, 2017 on his route from the Somerset, Colo., post office. After 60 years of delivering mail and many other jobs, Townsend says that it is more of a vacation than a job.
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Emory Townsend, 93, signed up to deliver mail to make a little grocery money back in 1957. 60 years later, he’s still on the job and boy have things changed.