Height x Width: 13 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (34.93 × 26.67 cm)
Type:
Archival Material
Place:
United States of America
Date:
1902
Description:
This is the front page of a musical arrangement titled “Postal March and Two Step,” composed by M. Vogt and published in 1902. The piece was produced by the firm of Howley, Haviland and Dresser of New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Pat Howley, Fred Havilland, and Paul Dresser formed the company in 1894. The cover art depicts a city carrier retrieving mail from a street collection mailbox, several envelopes, and a man’s portrait in a stamp labeled with the number fifty in each corner.
The music was dedicated to “Col. Geo. W. Beavers, Post-Office Department, Washington, DC.” The next year, George W. Beavers was indicted for his part in a conspiracy with New York State Senator George E. Green and Scott Towers, a Washington, D.C., postal superintendent. The three were charged with defrauding the government by receiving bribes in line with postal contracts. Beavers served a two-year prison sentence for his crimes.
