Flea Market Love Letters

Dear Alice and family: The words of the illustrious Pershing: “We are here.” Our stay in Minneapolis was quite different from the visit...

Dear Grandpa & Grandpa: Last Thursday the squirrels were down. I found a baby squirrel. He was a million times too bold. A big dog sat...

Dear Grandma and Grandpa: We are looking forward to your visit this summer. It is not thundering pretty loudly though I haven’t seen any...

Dear Mother, I just got home from school to stay. A very unusual thing happened at school, at one o’clock I was talking through the hall...

Dear Alice, Half-past three, and Arthur and I have just come home from school! This is literally true. At least, we have just come from...

Dear Father. Happy New Year. I love you it is a nice day you are right it is very pretty tree Thanking you once more for your present

Dear grandma and grandpa HAPPY NEW YEAR. Thank you for the napkin ring and the holder. They are both very prity and the hankercheifs ....

Dear Alice -- [unreadable] -- You are probably about your dinner -- that makes it seem as though we were a long distance apart. You...

Dear Alice and Harry: What difference does the weather make when you want a Pic-nic! It had been agreed that we should have Oct. 12,...

Sabbath A.M. Dear Alice, Papa and Mrs Saggart have gone to Church -- it is a bright but cold morning -- the snow will soon melt I am sure...

Dear Alice and Harry: At last the sun has come out. We have been having cold, snowy and cloudy weather ever since we wrote to you last....

Friday Morning Mama is decidedly better. I am sorry I could not write Wed. but I had an attack of indigestion and was very dizzy with all...

Fargo N.D. Monday P.M. I think Mama is better today. F.E. Stratton

Tuesday P.M. I think Mama is about the same. She is very weak. I now believe Saturday was her worst-day. Her shoulder no longer pains her...

Friday Morning Dear Alice -- Papa and I am including a draft and are asking you to get your birth day gift rather than our sending them...

Dear Alice, For your birthday present I want to give you my best wishes of course and all the joy and happiness you can get out of an...

Dearest Wife: I find it time to write my only love again and here goes so get a seat before you start reading this for am going to spill...

Dear Kitty, I knew that you would like to know about all about the Waves as soon as possible so I am answering your letter before about...

In 1943, Hermine Yeretzian (pictured above, far right; Boston University Year Book, 1949) replied to the letter of a friend, Kitty...

Norwood Oliver Wagner was born in Slatington (Lehigh County Pennsylvania) on Christmas Day, December 1911 to George P. Wagner and Kate...