Post Office, 1950s

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Title Post Office, 1950s
Photo Number p0115n01_04_24
Description Photo of the Escalante Post Office in 1950. Caption: "Like other services in Escalante, the Post Office has better quarters than in 1923 and a late model truck in which to haul the mail."
Date 1950
Textual Date 1950
Keywords Postal Service; men; clothing and dress; cities and towns; trucks
Subject Escalante (Utah)--Photographs; Post office buildings--Utah--Escalante--Photographs; Automobiles--Utah--Escalante--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Escalante (Utah); Garfield County (Utah)
Additional Information Lowry Nelson (1893-1986) was a Utah native who became a sociologist. Among the subjects of his studies were various Mormon communities in rural Utah. His papers are at Utah State University. This photo was used for Nelson's 1952 book, "The Mormon Village."
Collection Number and Name P0115 Lowry Nelson Photograph Collection
Collection Name Lowry Nelson
Rights
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6f19q2w
Setname uum_map
ID 982551
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f19q2w
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