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Writing on photograph designates which position each person plays.
The photograph was most likely taken during the first year of Civil War when the Federal Army occupied Harpers Ferry, Va. (later West Virginia).
Caption on picture reads: "Before the move, this building that housed the Headsville post office from the early 1860's to until 1914 has been reconstructed in the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology. The new post office, which opens Monday, will provide card and letter service for the millions who visit the Smithsonian every year in Washington. personnel will wear costumes typical of the 19th century. It will carry its own postmark: "The National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Station."