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Title
Fete retirement
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated February 4, 1960 reads "George Thomas Reed Jr., assistant postmaster at Encino, left, and Francis M. Schaffer, center, postmaster, were among fellow employes [sic] who gathered for dinner in observance of retirement of Albert N. 'Bob' Thorson, right, foreman of mails. Thorson had completed over 32 years postal service, latter eight of which were in Encino office. He plans travel, visits for retirement leisure."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier
00155685
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f38_i2
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128745
Subject
United States Postal Service--Officials and employees
Postmasters
Postal service--Employees
Retirees
Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1951-1960

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