Ceremony honoring the First Rural Free Delivery Mail Carrier, at Monti's La Casa Vieja
Date4/25/1972
Mediumpaper
Dimensions8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number1987.1.2028
DescriptionColor photogaph of a brief ceremony placing a plaque honoring Tempe's First Rural Free Delivery Mail Carrier in the entrance hall of Monti's La Casa Vieja. Caption at bottom of photo reads "APRIL 25,1972 -- An Engraved Plaque and photo of Tempe's first Rural Free Delivery Mail Carrier were placed on the wall of the entryway of Monti's la Casa Vieja in a brief ceremony signifying the 100th year of Establishment oa U.S.Post Office in Tempe. From Left: Horace B.Griffen, Jr. (son of the First Carrier), Postmaster Gil V. Montanez, and Carl Hayden (great grandson of the town's founder, Mr. Charles Trumbull Hayden. Monti's was site of the Post Office at one time."Status
Not on view
October 4, 1978
1960-1980
Jan 1978
