Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1948.037.0052Description
Photo of Perry Smith, Postmaster, Rawlins. Located on the corner of 4th and Cedar, 1898. Sorting mail is a lady and Mr. Smith.
Update - 2009: Sepia print. Snapshot mounted on tan matboard. Image of two people - 1 man & 1 woman - sorting mail into bags & cubby holes. Man is at center & is dressed in shirt sleeves & a cap. Woman is in the background. Hanging oil & electric lamps.
Written on back in blue ink: "Perry Smith Rawlins Wyo Post Office Corner of 4th and Cedar [cut off] 1898" "Given to the museum by Mrs. Walton France" "1-ai Postmaster Perry Smith of Rawlins in 1898". "3"
Written on back in pencil" "Page 31, pix 3 2 x 2 1/2"
Mounted on acidic matboard. Cut down from original size - edges rough & uneven; writing on back cut off at edges. Emulsion cracked at center front & upper right; scuffed.
One 3 9/16 x 5 1/2" black & white copy print. Stamped on back in black ink: "Print No 13" "Copy provided by the Wyoming State Archives & Historical Department" "Carbon Co Musum[sic]"
Written on back in black ink: {[cut off] ed - mounted" "Perry Smith"
Cut down from original size - writing on back cut off.
Update February 2011: One black & white copy print.
Typed on white adhesive tag on back: "Postmaster Perry Smith of Rawlins1898."
Stamped in black: "Copy Provided by the Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department" "196"
Good condition. Wrinkled, slight creasing, adhesive tape on back, right edge torn. Size 5 x 6"Collection
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