About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0787
  • TitlePostage meter machines
  • SummaryCaption: "A battery of 32 new postage meter machines has been installed installed in various stations in Brooklyn, bringing the total in the borough to 42. These machines imprint the amount of postage on a gummed strip of paper which is placed on the parcels at the time of mailing. Postmaster Edward J. Quigley is shown inspecting one of the machines with Superintendent of Finance Martin Shapiro."
  • Date1947
  • 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: Nov. 25, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPostal service -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Postal service -- Metered mail -- 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: Stamps