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Charles B. Brown, postal employee at Fargo, N.D. Post Office
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| Title | Charles B. Brown, postal employee at Fargo, N.D. Post Office |
| Date of Original | 1953-10-06 |
| Creator | Olson, Cal, 1924-2009
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Postal worker sorting mail into boxes in the sorting room. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Work life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Post offices
Postal service employees
Postal service
Correspondence
Mailboxes
Interiors
Night work
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| Personal Name | Brown, Charles B.
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| Organization Name | United States Post Office (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 2098.s941 |
| Negative Number | 2098.s941 |
| Format of Original | Acetate negatives
Safety film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 6 x 6 cm. |
| Transcription | "Mail clerk - Charles B. Brown, 1622 1st St. N., is one of the postal employees who staff the Fargo Forum Post Office after hours. A postal worker for 18 years, Brown was a rural carrier at Heaton 16 years before coming to Fargo. He works from 9:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. About 25 men work at the post office until midnight, while a skeleton crew of five men work from midnight until dawn, sorting and scheduling mail." - caption with similar image published in The Fargo Forum, October 11, 1953, p. 16. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Cal Olson Photograph Collection 2098
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/12634 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2098.s941) |
| Rights Management | Copyright held by Institute for Regional Studies. |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | co000217 |
| Original Source | Negative |
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