Name/Title
Christmas Card with Postmaster George Porep and Coach, 1935Entry/Object ID
1975.15.4Description
ACC. NO. 75.15.4
SUBJ. CATEGORY: POST OFFICE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1935
OBJECT: CHRISTMAS CARD WITH PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: SINGLE SHEET CHRISTMAS CARD, PHOTO AVE GREETING.
SIZE: 5½" X 4½"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: CARD CONTAINING PHOTO OF POSTMASTER FORD SAMUEL PASSING UP A SACK OF MAIL TO ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GEORGE POREP IN THE OLD STAGE COACH (WELLS FARGO & COMPANY), WHICH WAS USED IN THE CLIPPER TAKE-OFF CEREMONIES OF THE CHINA CLIPPER. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CARD IS THE SIGNATURES OF FORD E. SAMUEL, AND GEORGE H. POREP. BELOW THE PHOTO IS WRITTEN IN SCRIP, FIRST CHINA CLIPPER MAIL, NOV 22, 1935. THE CARD WAS GIVEN TO THE MOTHER OF THE DONOR, MRS, ALICE K. NOYES, WHO WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE POST OFFICE AT THE TIME OF THE FLIGHT.
ACQUIRED: MRS. HOWARD SEYMOUR (ALICE)
DATE: JULY 5, 1975
