Tuesday Nite [Detroit, Michigan] Dearest, Well, I got here and settled without any trouble at all. After I wrote you yesterday I went out and found my street and caught a bus that took me within two blocks of the factory. Nablo was out of town until this morning, so I had to get acquainted [more...]
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[Probably 22 October, 1933, judging from the Sunday clothes; photos marked “3 weeks,” which would be 25 October] [The Cole’s house, Interbay, Florida] Jan Disbrow with her proud and happy parents, Jean and Bill Disbrow. The Disbrows were living with Jean’s grandparents, Francis and Ella Cole — as well as also, I believe, her parents, [more...]
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[10 October, 1933] [Salem, Oregon] Dear Mamma, You should see me swell up with avuncular pomposity — married only nine months and an uncle already! Don’t take up wearing black taffeta because you’re a grandma; keep your hat on one ear in your own swanky way. I certainly wish you were here to bring home [more...]
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[10 October, 1933] [Salem, Oregon] Dearest Jean, How proud you sound! If you knew how cocked up we are to be a nuncle and a naunt, you’d think we’d had the baby. I’m so glad she’s here and that everything’s all right. What does she look like, aside from being the most beautiful and marvellous [more...]
