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| Date: | 02 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Private William Huneke and Sargeant Harold Gleaves checking in a stack of mail from soldiers and sailors at the fighting fronts of the world for the United... |
| Date: | 11 15 1944 |
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| Description: | Madison Vocational School commercial department students stuffing Christmas seals into envelopes to be sent to Madison residents. |
| Date: | 10 15 1944 |
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| Description: | Madison Vocational School commercial department students stuffing Christmas seals into envelopes to be sent to Madison residents. |
| Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Mrs. R.S. Briggs, postal clerk, with Christmas cards and packages. |
| Date: | 03 13 1945 |
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| Description: | Roger Mott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Mott, 20 Lathrop Street, holding a letter he received from General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines. Roger, ... |
| Date: | 04 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Margaret Smith, secretary of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation, surveys a few of the letters received from servicemen who trained in Madison and plan to... |
| Date: | 06 06 1945 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Aline W. Hazard, mother of Pfc. William R. Hazard, holding a letter from her son written on personal stationery of Adolph Hitler. He was with the firs... |
| Date: | 09 26 1949 |
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| Description: | Dorothy J. Frautschi (left), 31 Paget Road, and Louise Benner, 21 Old Shore Road, addressing envelopes for the Children's Service Society's annual membersh... |
| Date: | 12 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Preparing invitations for the Christmas Subscription Dance are Sue Weston, 166 Lakewood Boulevard, and Joan Ellis, 122 Lakewood Boulevard. The event is for... |
| Date: | 03 28 1945 |
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| Description: | A page of a letter written by Dickey Chapelle to Daniel Mich describing arrival by air to an unspecified location for a mission. |
| Date: | 12 01 1943 |
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| Description: | A letter to Mr. H.M. Bower of Employers Mutual Liability Insurance written by H.L. Wollenberg. |
| Date: | 11 15 1945 |
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| Description: | The first page of a letter home to her mother from Signe Skott Cooper on United States Armed Forces stationery. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of Rosina Victoria Junghans seated at a desk with cards and letters to and from servicemen and women serving in World War II. She holds r... |
| Date: | 04 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Soldier L. Heims, seated outdoors on the back of a loaded vehicle, smiling broadly while reading a letter. Other smiling soldiers are in the background. |
| Date: | 07 25 1949 |
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| Description: | Letter from Sue Ann Hackett at Joy Camps in Hazelhurst, Wisconsin to her parents. The letter is written on Joy Camps stationery that includes line drawings... |
| Date: | 12 07 1949 |
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| Description: | A typed note to Syd Eiges from Sam Kaufman regarding TV mystery shows. In the note, Kaufman suggests turning the radio show "Dragnet" into a television sho... |
| Date: | 05 31 1949 |
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| Description: | Letter from Joseph Aizer to H.W. Schroeder of United Artists concerning his brother and his efforts to protect United Artists' interests in Iran and Iraq. ... |
| Date: | 02 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Letter to Harry Tugend from Dalton Trumbo dated February 2, 1948. Trumbo is explaining to Tugend that because he has been blacklisted he does not have the ... |
| Date: | 07 26 1940 |
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| Description: | The letterhead for the Bechaud Brewery, advertising Empire Beer. The logo is blue and red. |
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