Texarkana, Ark./Tex., Mail terminal, December 16, 1963 [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1963.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Texarkana, Ark./Tex., Mail terminal, December 16, 1963 [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1963.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51760337

Part of a group of negatives taken for December 22, 1963, Arkansas Gazette article "It's No Holiday for Your Mailman!," E5:2. The mail terminal in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, is very busy during the holiday season. Packages and mail bags from trains are dropped onto belts where they are sorted (2222-4), packages are then thrown (2222-5) during sorting to appropriate carts which some times calls for workers like, L. C. Johnson to repair the damaged Christmas packages (2222-1).

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

Arkansas History Commission

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7643314

Arkansas History Commission

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Deane, Ernie

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t8fq3 (person)

Johnson, L. C., postal worker.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q3mst (person)

Arkansas History Commission

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bz9whg (corporateBody)

The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...