Flea Market Love Letters

Dear Son: Received your cards this morning and answering them just as soon as possible. It takes about 4 days for a letter to get here...

Dear mom, Been very busy here? Always on the go 24 hrs of the day. You never rest! Got shots in the arms and boy, they sure hurt. Boy, am...

Dear mom: Finally reached my camp after 3 days of traveling. Haven’t wash or showered in three days, because there were 2 wash rooms for...

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Dear Mom! Left Columbus at 9 A.M. don’t know were I’m going. I’m in St. Louis now I’m on the train writing, but we’re going to switch...

In 2020 I had the privilege of making a connection with Raya, founder of the National Memorial to Women Who Worked on the Homefront. I'm...

Dear Mom: Writing this card on the train. Have been on it since 11:16 to 6:15. We picked up some more fellows in Akron. Swell bunch of...

Dear Family: Arrived safely, have been riding the train 7 hrs. I went to a dance the same night. Went to bed about 11 P.M. got up at 5...

Hi Ralf, Hows the Youngstown wolf getting along. Have you been at Idona. How is it. Boy i sort of miss it. Give Harry my address and tell...

I interview collectors every month on the Flea Market Love Letters Instagram page and I always ask how they came about becoming a...

I was in Dublin in December 2020 visiting a favorite secondhand bookshop (The Last Bookshop) and I stumbled upon this 1952 edition of the...

Hello Ranny, Remember Jimmie Cannon and Clair Richards? You do? Well, that’s us. Yeah, believe it or not sure is a small world. Somewhere...

Hello Ranny: Well I finally got around to answering your letter. I am sorry to hear about Bob but I think he will like it as his camp in...

Dear Ralf, This army life is swell, go to bed at 9:00, and get up at 6:15 in the morning. I’m now stationed at Camp Bowie Texas, where...

Hello Cicely, I received your welcome letter this morning, and it is with a great shock to me to hear that any many could be so low and...

Dear Ceceila, This letter no doubt will be rather a surprise for you, know about you have wondered what has happened to me well as you...

Dear Cicely, I am snatching a few minutes during school hours to pen you a few lines, and to thank you for your letter which I received a...

Dear Cicely, I hope you are still living at Tower Rd. but it is so long now since I wrote that you could be anywhere. I am sure your good...

Dear Cicely, Thank you so much for your very nice letter which I received a few days ago. I had been wondering who the new boyfriend was....

Dear Cicely, As usual I allowed my correspondence to drop a few days behind, and then I thought I would wait till near Xmas before I...