Letter

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Dublin Core

Title

Letter

Identifier

2009.05.020

Subject

1910s World War I Letters

Description

One page correspondence on tan YMCA letterhead paper with envelope. Dated May 1918. Lined handwritten letter in black ink about his arrival in France, his health and trying to make the best of being away.

Envelope addressed to “Miss Josephine Raupp Arlington Heights, Ills." from "Ptv. Bernard Raupp 123 [illegible] AEF via New York." Envelope has American YMCA logo in upper center. With blue stamp "soldier mail" and stamp "passed by C.M/ Censor Washington." Postmarked from Washington D.C. Jul 3, 1918.

Date

1918

Format

1 sheet: Height: 9 inches; Width: 6 inches 1 envelope: Height:3.75 inches; Width: 6.5 inches

Creator

Raupp, Bernard

Source

Raupp, Bernard Raupp, Josephine