Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs waits on businessmen J. B. Van Nuys, James Rathwell Page, Ben R. Meyer, J. W. Elliott, and Stiles O. Clements, Los Angeles, 1935
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The men form a line in front of the mailboxes to talk to Briggs, leaning over the window counter. Van Nuys leans on the counter holding his hat in his hand. The new Los Angeles post office is the only one in the United States that is open seven days a week any time of day or night. Photograph appears with the article, "Non-Closing Postoffice Opens on Spring Street," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1935: A1. Handwritten on negative: 129 129 H.B.R Briggs (at Window) 7/24/35 Text from negative sleeve: 1408 - H.B.R. Briggs, Postmaster (at window opening New P.O. 179S Spanig . 7/24/35 [stamped:] Aug 1- 1935 Text from newspaper caption: Business leaders lined up to obtain mail boxes at the new Metropolitan Postoffice station yesterday when it opened in the heart of the financial district. Postmaster H. B. R. Briggs is shown in the window listing J. B. Van Nuys, first in line, as the initial customer. Behind him are James R. Page, chairman of the executive committee of the California Bank; Ben R. Meyer, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company; J. W. Elliott, secretary of the Los Angeles Stock Exchange, and Stiles O. Clements, architect.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7922 ark:/21198/zz002dfq1j
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Architects Postmasters--California--Los Angeles Mailboxes--California--Los Angeles Business people--American--California--Los Angeles Post offices--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys, James Benton, 1883-1962 Page, James Rathwell, 1884-1962 Elliott, James W Meyer, Benjamin R., 1879-1957 Briggs, Henry B. R., 1881-1936 Clements, Stiles Oliver, 1883-1966
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