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Title
Retiring V.N. assistant postmaster tells of raiding Eisenhower icebox
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1960
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated August 1, 1960 reads, "This is it - Homer N. Wilcox cleans out his desk at the Van Nuys postoffice Friday as he retired after 37 years in postal service. The assistant postmaster gets help from secretary, Mrs. Kerlia Scheckel."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00108945
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d008_f18_i12
CARL0005228398
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/44241
Subject
United States Postal Service
Postal service--California--Los Angeles
Postal service--California--Los Angeles--Employees
Postmasters--California--Los Angeles
Retirees--California--Los Angeles
Secretaries--California--Los Angeles
Offices--California--Los Angeles
Post office buildings--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Trash cans
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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