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.
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