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Postmistress at the Post Office in old Marcus, 1941
Postmistress at the Post Office in old Marcus, 1941
TitlePostmistress at the Post Office in old Marcus, 1941
PhotographerUnknown
Date1941
NotesCaption included with image: "MARCUS MOVES" -- Mrs. I.T. Peterson makes out a money order as she has done for the past eight years as Postmistress of Marcus. She is one of the town's oldest residents, coming here 42 years ago. She plans to keep right on with her job after the Marcus Post Office, last one to be moved on the river, goes to New Marcus between April 25th and May 1st. Water will cover the old site of Marcus. WPA crews will have cleared the entire area by the time high water reaches the site by June of this year.

Caption on verso: US WPA 584

[Grand Coulee Dam 288]
Subjects (LCTGM)Postmasters--Washington (State)--Marcus
Post offices--Washington (State)--Marcus
Subjects (LCSH)Peterson, I.T., Mrs.
Geographic SubjectsUnited States--Washington (State)--Marcus
Digital CollectionGrand Coulee Dam Collection
Order NumberDAM131
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionGrand Coulee Dam Photograph Collection. PH Coll 478
Object TypePhotograph
Physical Descriptionsilver gelatin, b&w
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print at 100 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 768x512 ppi or scanned from original text at 400 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2000.
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