Walter E. Cone mailing package

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20031579

Description

Walter E. Cone mailing package.At a post office service window stands a middle-aged man wearing a striped shirt with a tie tack on the front (no tie) and a mechanical pencil in his pocket, dress-style trousers, with a leather belt and a watch cord fastened to a belt loop. His hat is of straw with a floral band at the base of the crown. He has a pipe in his mouth and a parcel in his hand. The parcel has a large "V" for the from section and is addressed in pen. The box has several wraps of neatly tied string holding it closed. Behind the box is a wrack full of rubber stamps for postal use, and an ink pad is in view as is a receipt book and a postal worker's hand. Behind the counter can be seen a stack of parcels already received. Above the counter painted on translucent glass is "Parcel Post." Clipping:"Santa Claus for SergeantWalter E. Cone of 3409 Darcy is shown with a Christmas package for his son, Staff Sgt. Jack Cone, who is in North Africa, as mailing of presents to men overseas began Wednesday.--Star-Telegram Photo."Stamped: Star-Telegram Eve. Sep. 15, 1943

Archival Date

1943-09-15

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-297

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Parcel Post; Cone, Walter E.; Cone, Jack; Gifts; Smoking paraphanelia; Post offices; Military parcels; Pipes (Smoking)