Dec. 21, 1944
Los Angeles

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times

Huntington Park Postmaster George J. Nevin observes high school students hired to help deliver an unprecedented volume of Christmas mail. On a recent day, the Huntington Park post office canceled 250,000 letters and packages, handled 50,000 packages and sold $5,000 ($56,319.06 USD 2006) in War Bonds, The Times said.