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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
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