July 21, 1926 – A summer sale began at the Mendocino Hat Shop. The store advertised in the Mendocino Beacon, offering greatly reduced prices on their current inventory.
Rose Cole opened the Mendocino Hat Shop, which featured straw and trimmed hats for ladies and children, in 1924. This business was located in the eastern part of a now-demolished building on the south side of Main Street. The location was convenient for Rose, since she was also the assistant to Postmaster William Mullen, who operated the Post Office in the west end of the same building.
Mendocino Post Office, South Side of Main Street, 1958. The Mendocino Post Office operated out of this building from 1889 to 1958. The Mendocino Hat Shop occupied the left side of this building from 1924 until 1927. (Gift of Carl A. Moore; Lee Burleson Collection)
Rose was made acting postmaster on November 16, 1928, following Mullen’s death, and served until Asa Bishop was appointed to the Mendocino Postmaster position on March 2, 1929. By the time of Asa’s appointment, the Post Office occupied the entire building.
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