We saw a newspaper reprint of this photograph here. John H. Clark stands at the rear of a group of unidentified men in the mailroom of Wilson’s United States Post Office.
A rather pixelated close-up of John Clark.
Photograph courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.
Wilson Daily Times, 15 February 1950.
Not only did I not know there was ever a post office branch on Pettigrew Street, I cannot imagine where on Pettigrew Street it stood. Anyone know?
Woodard Station moved to 1318 East Nash Street in 1966 and operated until 2011. Since its closure, there has been no postal facility east of the tracks or from Wilson’s Main Branch east to Saratoga.
Clipping courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.
Wilson Daily Times, 22 March 1969.
Jesse T. McPhail (1906-1994) began working at the Wilson post office in 1936 and retired in 1969.
United States Postal Service employees, John H. Clark at rear, Wilson, N.C., 1930.
Photo courtesy of Robert Boykin, reprinted from Wilson Daily Times, 4 February 2008.