Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. This photograph appears with the caption, "Death Takes Official: H. B. R. Briggs, postmaster of Los Angeles, who died yesterday in Washington D. C. of pneumonia. The former newspaper publisher had served since 1934," Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep 1936: 1. H. B. R. Briggs served as postmaster of Los Angeles from 1934-1936 when he died of pneumonia. His wife, Mary D. Briggs, succeeded him as postmistress. Before postmaster, he was editor of the Los Angeles Record. Postmaster H. B. R. Briggs sits at his desk, which is covered with papers, wooden and wire inboxes, books, and a water glass. He holds several papers in his hands, looking off camera. Handwritten on negative: H. B. R. Brigg [i.e., Briggs], P. M. Text from negative sleeve: Briggs, H. B. R. 6740. H. B. R. Briggs P. M. Postmaster.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14579 ark:/21198/zz002j868b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Postmasters--California--Los Angeles Briggs, Henry B. R., 1881-1936
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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