Mayor Roscoe Carnrike buying 5 cents airmail stamp

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20058983

Description

Shown here is Mayor Roscoe Carnrike. He is wearing suit and tie, and a hat. He showed up bright and early at the post office Monday to buy the first airmail stamps sold here during National Airmail Week. The observance is being held this week throughout the country to advertise the new lower airmail rate and stimulate use of the service. Published in the Star-Telegram evening edition, October 28, 1946.

Archival Date

1946-10-28

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1891

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Carnrike, Roscoe; Mayors; Post offices; Stamps; Postage Stamps; National Airmail Week; Neckties