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.
Henry B. R. Briggs (R) taking the oath of office to become the Postmaster of Los Angeles. The oath is administered by United States District Judge Paul J. McCormick (L). A third person stands between them.