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Order Number	00073885
Title	Mail sorter or processor, 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.
Description	Several unidentified gentlemen can be seen working inside the Post Office Terminal Annex, also known as Los Angeles Terminal Annex Post Office, sorting stacks of letters that lay on a circular desk in the middle of the room. Some of that mail is deposited into a machine to the right of the photo, and some of the mail is placed inside small cubbies located at the back of the room. Employees of the United States Postal Service are divided into three major categories: Letter Carriers (also referred to as mailpersons or mail-carriers); Mail Handlers and Processors; and Clerks. In the olden days there were more mail handlers and processors, such as the man seen here, that often worked in the evening and at night preparing mail and bulk goods for the carriers to deliver. Today, processing of standard sized envelopes and cards is highly automated using machines that expedite this procedure, which means that fewer postal workers are needed. The Post Office Terminal Annex was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood in the California Mission style and was built in 1938; the supervising engineer was Neal A. Melick. This 400,000 square feet building served as the main mail distribution center for the Metropolitan Los Angeles area from 1938 until 1994. Approximately 1,700 Post Office employees handled over four million pieces of incoming and outgoing mail on a daily basis. The Post Office Terminal Annex was added to the National Register of Historic Places - Building #85000131, on January 11, 1985. Although no longer used as a post office, the building is used occasionally as a filming site.
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. Underwood, Gilbert Stanley. Melick, Neal A.
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