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Title
Backing Mailster
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
1959
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 June 17, 1959 reads, "Ray Hyers, 12-year-veteran mailman on North Hollywood delivery route, learns new tricks of modern mechanized postal operation as he backs Mailster to simulated loading dock. Three-wheel vehicles will eliminate need for distribution trucks and transportation for postmen, Postmaster E.T. Carpenter said." Mr. Hyers is practicing his parking skills in the May Co. Department Store parking lot in North Hollywood.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00118435
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d022_f10_i8
CARL0005375519
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/52032
Subject
United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service--Employees
May Company California
Men--California--Los Angeles
Letter carriers--California--Los Angeles
Postal service--California--Los Angeles
Mail trucks--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Palms--California--Los Angeles
Flags
Wood poles--California--Los Angeles
Parking lots--California--Los Angeles
Street lighting--California--Los Angeles
Department stores--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Commercial buildings--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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