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Order Number	00073883
Title	Mail sorters, Post Office Terminal Annex
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Postal service-L.A.
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w ;28 x 35 cm.
Notes	Oversized photograph.
Historical Data	The Post Office Terminal Annex was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood in the California Mission style and built in 1938; the supervising engineer was Neal A. Melick. This building, which provided 400,000 square feet of floor space, served as the main mail distribution center from 1938 until 1994, where some 1700 Post Office employees handled over four million pieces of incoming and outgoing mail for the Metropolitan Los Angeles area daily. Although no longer used as a post office, it is used occasionally as a filming site. The Post Office Terminal Annex, also known as Los Angeles Terminal Annex Post Office, was added to the National Register of Historic Places - Building #85000131, on Jan. 11, 1985.
Description	Three unidentified gentlemen sort bundles of letters they are taking from small canvas receptacles that lay on the floor in front of them, and depositing them into large, hanging mailbags. The bags are labeled: "Station A", "Station C", "Altadena", "East", "La Vina", "Mount Wilson", and "Station B".
Subject	United States Post Office Terminal Annex (Los Angeles, Calif.). United States Postal Service. Post office buildings--California--Los Angeles. Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles. Postal service--California--Los Angeles. Mail sorting--California--Los Angeles. Postal service--Employees--California--Los Angeles. Underwood, Gilbert Stanley. Melick, Neal A. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection