Gus Cohen Standing in Front of Guffey's First Post Office, circa 1894

Item

Identifier: B063.01.0017.00019

Staff Only

Abstract

Guffey, Colorado's first Post Office. Standing in front of the entrance is Gus Cohen, Post Master. Wolf Poznansky is seated in the wagon in the last row, front.

Dates

circa 1894

Digital Repository

Gus Cohen Standing in Front of Guffey's First Post Office

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Extent

1 Items (photograph)

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection contains materials intentionally assembled by the Ira M. and Peryle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives of Jews in the Rocky Mountain region. The bulk of the photographs are from or related to various towns in Colorado, but the collection also contains photographs from other states in the western United States and other countries. There are some 19th century photograph types represented in the collection, including albumen prints, daguerrotypes, tintypes, post cards, colorized prints, cabinet cards, and cartes-de-visite.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good 4 x 5 inches black and white

General

reformatted digital

Title supplied by archivist.

Inscription and Marks

Handwritten on envelope: ''#464 Gus Cohen family of Guffey.'' On back of photograph: ''This is Guffey's first post office - about 1894. The Post Master standing in front is Gus Cohen. The man in the wagon - last row front is Wolf Poznansky.''