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Merchants Parcel Delivery fleet of vehicles, Seattle. Photo courtesy United Parcel Service Archives

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A Brief History of the United Parcel Service

THIS WEEK IN NORTHWEST HISTORY

Beginning with two bicycles, one phone, a tiny office in the basement of a saloon and $100 borrowed from Ryan's uncle, the two lay the foundation for what became a multi-billion-dollar corporation