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A.S. Burleson, Franklin Lane (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Harry Angstrom said:

  Albert Sydney Burleson was postmaster general, appointed by Wilson, whose inauguration this seems to be. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_S._Burleson Click on Burleson tag and you will find a famous suffragette. A relation? (she was "married to an army officer" according to one NYTimes article). Franklin Lane was Secy of the Interior for Wilson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Lane

Dead letter department's sale of Christmas bargains (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• abberdab said:

  Fascinating. Can the Dead Letter Office still sell off "dead" contents?

• Envious Party said:

  Postmaster General Meyer, doesn't look too pleased about being photographed lol.

• Mark in NOVA said:

  That must have been a lot of hair pins.

• Beverly & Pack said:

  Dead letter mail is still auctioned off to this day.

Sec'y. A.S. Burleson (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Randy Reiss said:

  Post Master General during the Wilson Administration -- and a controversial one at that. Who knew there could be a controversial Post Master General? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_S._Burleson

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks! We'll add the additional identification (Albert Sidney Burleson) to the source data and reload the description.