Tom Walker
The largest box-free, label-free return network in the U.S. is better than ever, growing to 10,000 locations
More than 100 years of innovation
It all started with $100
In 1907, two teenage entrepreneurs created what would become the world’s largest package delivery service. Starting in a Seattle basement with a $100 loan, Claude Ryan and Jim Casey opened the American Messenger Company.
The name and the look you know
In 1919, the company made its first expansion beyond Seattle to Oakland, California, where the name United Parcel Service debuted. That same year, the company painted the company’s cars its signature color brown, representing class, sophistication and professionalism.
1930
East Coast bound
UPS makes its first expansion to the East Coast in metropolitan New York City, moving the corporate office from Los Angeles to 331 East 38th Street, New York City.
No stopping this service
In 1953, UPS began common carrier operations, serving commercial and residential shippers in some cities including Chicago – the first city outside of California in which UPS offered this. The company also reintroduced air service (there was a badly-timed two-year venture started in 1929) offering two-day delivery to major East and West Coast cities. Like the first time, UPS shipments flew on regular commercial flights.
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