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

Title: Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs with two other men at a post office, Los Angeles, 1934-1926
Date Created: [between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
Date: 1934-02-01/1936-09-28
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: 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.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Briggs, H.B.R. Postmaster

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Briggs, Henry B. R., 1881-1936
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Postmasters--California--Los Angeles
People
Bonds (Negotiable instruments)

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_1260
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dbpk0
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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