Photographic print of a postal worker

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Description: A black and white photograph of a postal worker sorting mail into cubby holes. The postal worker stands in front of two large shelving units divided into smaller sections in a large post office. Two of the individual shelves are labelled for different areas of California and Kansas; the other visible labels are not legible. Two large boxes of chicken eggs sit on a counter to the postal worker's proper right. The back of the photograph has a barcode sticker from that reads: [File: 51-1491 / ID: AP179 / Neg.: / Credit: Pittsburgh Courier Archives/Archive Photos NR / An African-American postal worker stands and sorts mail into separate slots at the downtown branch of the U.S. Post Office, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.] At the center of the back of the photograph there is a yellow dot sticker.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris

1950

Restrictions & Rights: © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place depicted: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America; Kansas, United States, North and Central America; California, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Black Press; Communication; Correspondence; Labor; Photography

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd513f5d5d1-bde3-4fe6-a6ec-d650fcb8ce48