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Two Oldest Mailmen in Fort Collins


Title	Two Oldest Mailmen in Fort Collins
Image ID Number	H22604
Date	1937-12-23
Decade	1930s
Creator	William Martin, Fort Collins Express-Courier
Description	W. Hoffman (left) and E. E.Fox (right) on steps of the Fort Collins Post Office as they prepare to deliver holiday mail. They are two of the oldest carries on Fort Collins routes with Mr. Hoffman being hired in 1915 and Mr. Fox being hired in 1904. Mr. Fox was one of the first four carriers employed at the Fort Collins Post Office. Photo appeared on the front page of the December 23, 1937 edition of the "Fort Collins Express-Courier." The photographer and feature writer, William Reddick Martin, was working for the "Fort Collins Express-Courier" in 1937-38, and these are his photographs that accompanied his articles. Mr. Martin was born February 10, 1914 and died July 2, 2005 in Denver, Colorado.
Content Type	people
Historical Context	Post World War I 1919-1941
Image Source	Historical Collection
Format	image/jpeg
File Location	FC - Subjects - Government - Post Office
Language	English
Image Origin	Print
Digitization Format	Microtek ArtixScan Scanner; Adobe 6.0; TIFF 800 dpi; JPEG 72dpi; GIF 72dpi
Collection Name	HistoricPhotographs

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The Water Ways Photograph Database provides 1200 photographs associated with Larimer County water history.