This portrait of the Motor Vehicle Unit employees was taken outside the U. S. Post Office garage. The photograph is part of a series of group portraits of employees of various Seattle stations, taken between 1935-1952. Among the men posed here is George E. Starr (1884-1980), Seattle Postmaster from 1934-1954.
Handwritten on negative: U. S. Post Office Motor Vehicle Unit, Seattle, June 11, 1939 Typed on verso: Front row - Left to right. Jack Bevines, Gus Forsman, Gus Anderson, Emery T. Ringstadt, Geo. E. Starr, Frank La Fortune, Wm. Crane, Wm. Brosche, James Yeager. Middle Row. Arnold Sandvig, Roy Scholl, Richard Korpela, Lucian Duffy, Vale Killinger, Norman Newland, Reynolds Capitan, Burt Barclay, Lee Bailey, Michael McNeil, Arthur Elsbree, Charles Zeckser, Guy Temby, George Salmon. Rear Row. Neils Mikkelson, Fred Salkeld, Roy Greaby, Harold Roe, Harry Feldman, Walter Wood, Meril Gebert, Perrie Foote, Harry Hamil.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv68076
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post Office Photographs, 1972.5319.74
