Charles Robb, F. S. Putnam, Winn J. Sanborn and Charles Hawthorne stand in front of Downey Avenue Station A Postoffice, Los Angeles, about 1889 or 1890

Item Overview

Title

Charles Robb, F. S. Putnam, Winn J. Sanborn and Charles Hawthorne stand in front of Downey Avenue Station A Postoffice, Los Angeles, about 1889 or 1890

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[circa 1889 or 1890]

Date

1889/1890

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Downey Avenue Station, A. postal office employees: Charles Robb (carrier), F. S. Putnam (Superintendent), Winn J. Sanborn (carrier) and Charles Hawthorne (carrier) as they stand on the sidewalk in front of the post office.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 167. Los Angeles, Calif. Downey Ave. Station A Post office. Taken in 1890 or 1889. Left to right: Charles Robb, Carrier. F. S. Putnam, Superintendent. Winn J. Sanborn, Carrier. Charles Hawthorne, Carrier. The original of this photo was in the hands of F. S. Putnam in Los Angeles in 1940.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Hawthorne, Charles
Robb, Charles
Putnam, F. S.
Sanborn, Winn J.

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Post offices--California--Los Angeles
Postal service employees--California--Los Angeles