Headsville Post Office, NMHT Opens
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PrintThe Headsville (W.Va.) Post Office in the National Museum of History and Technology opens. It is staffed by postal clerks Franklin White, Sr., and Mary E. Wood, and features a unique hand cancellation postmark depicting the post office. The post office was originally constructed in the 1860s, but the furnishings and objects in the store recreate the 1890-1910 period.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
September 27, 1971
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