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Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs with two other men at a post office, Los Angeles, 1934-1926

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Title: Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs with two other men at a post office, Los Angeles, 1934-1926
Date Created and/or Issued: [between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
1934-02-01/1936-09-28
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Los Angeles Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs, center, with two other men at the "Savings Bonds Window" of a post office. The two men hold a stack of savings bonds. A sign above them reads: "For Safe Investment of Idle Funds, United States Savings Bonds, $18.75 . . . increases in ten years to . . . . $25.00.....$750.00 . . . increases in ten years to . . $1,000.00." Behind them is the sign for the "Philatelic Window."
Henry B. R. Briggs was the Postmaster of Los Angeles from February 1, 1934 to his death (from pneumonia) on September 28, 1936. Prior to that, he was the publisher and editor of the Los Angeles Record.
Text from negative sleeve: Briggs, H.B.R. Postmaster
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1260
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Postmasters--California--Los Angeles
People
Bonds (Negotiable instruments)
Briggs, Henry B. R., 1881-1936
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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