About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0811
  • TitleChristmas card caravan
  • SummaryCaption: "Christmas card caravan--The shiny new trailer truck is ready to hit the road with its share of the Brooklyn Post Office's flood of Christmas greetings. Inspecting ... are, left to right, Charles Hitzel, Superintendent of Carriers; Edgar Shannon, General Superintendent of Mails; Jeremiah M. O'Brien, Assistant Postmaster; Martin Shapiro, General Superintendent of Finance, and Postmaster Edward J. Quigley."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 12, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPostal service -- New York (State) -- New York ; Postal service -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trucks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Post office: Trucks