James Pemberton, in short-sleeved shirt and suspenders, with cigar, seated in desk chair with desk with phone and papers behind him, papers clipped to wall in background, another man partially visible at right
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. J. F. Bourne, a long-term postal employee, is mentioned in Los Angeles Times coverage of post office news between 1910 and 1938.
William Hawley Bowlus, wearing a light-colored 3-piece suit, standing next to a Ryan single engine monoplane in a dirt airfield. Two men stand next to the plane in the background.