Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Los Angeles Postmistress Mary D. Briggs holding a giant envelope from the the Postmaster of New York. Briggs's husband, the former postmaster, H.B.R. Briggs had died suddenly, and Senator McAdoo recommended the widow for the position. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Briggs, Mary D.
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b&w nitrate negative
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Municipal officials--California--Los Angeles People Briggs, Mary D., 1878-1945
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