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Title
Henry B. R. Briggs, Postmaster of Los Angeles, 1934-1936
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.
Henry B. R. Briggs, Postmaster of Los Angeles, kneeling in front of a fireplace. There is a carved eagle on the marble mantelpiece of the fireplace, suggesting that Briggs is in a U. S. government building.
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. J. F. Bourne, a long-term postal employee, is mentioned in Los Angeles Times coverage of post office news between 1910 and 1938.
Handwritten on negative: Briggs
Text from negative sleeve: Briggs, H.B.R. Postmaster
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1261
ark:/21198/zz002dbpmh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Postmasters--California--Los Angeles
People
Government
Mantels
Briggs, Henry B. R., 1881-1936
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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