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Title
Postcard
Military Christmas card
Identifier
2009.05.010
Subject
1910s Correspondence Postcards World War I
Description
Military themed Christmas card and envelope courtesy YMCA. Front of the card has a white border and green and orange scene of two children waving to a plane overhead. With “Merry Christmas” below and “Pvt. Bernard Raupp Col 130 def” written in pencil in the lower white border. Letter on the back written in ink dated Dec 29, 1918 about being in the hospital with "the itch."
Envelope has American YMCA logo in the upper left with postmark stamp and censor stamp. Addressed to "Miss Josephine Raupp Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA" from "Pvt. Bernard Raupp US A AEF France." Postmarked on the back Dec 23, 1918."
Envelope has American YMCA logo in the upper left with postmark stamp and censor stamp. Addressed to "Miss Josephine Raupp Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA" from "Pvt. Bernard Raupp US A AEF France." Postmarked on the back Dec 23, 1918."
Date
12/23/1918