Postmasters Jesse Gandy, Talmadge Pearson before a convention. "How's things in Louisiana?" Jesse Gandy, left, president of the Texas branch of the Postmasters' Association, asked Talmadge Pearson, his counterpart in this state, "Fine, since the postal rate raise went through," Pearson replied. That's just about the keynote speech of the southwestern postmasters' convention being held here through Wednesday.

Photo is dated 1958.

Photo measures 7.75 x 6.5 inches.