[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] Dear Grandmother and Grandfather: Are you behaving with the dignity proper to such elevated stations? We got Mother’s letter yesterday and were properly thrilled and excited — as was the whole Blind School. We didn’t expect it quite so soon. They are all right, are they? I’m glad it’s all [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...]
1933 SEP 15 PM 10 21 NA91 50 NL SALEM ORE 15 MRS F W COLE 6220 MAIN ST INTERBAY TAMPA FLO I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT PAPA IS HAPPY AT LAST NOW YOU HAVE ONLY THE SAME GLAD MEMORIES OF HIM I HAVE HE WAS THE FINEST KINDEST MOST PERFECT GENTLEMAN ON EARTH AND [more...]
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[Between 1911 and 1915] A new car, perhaps? Clearly the Coles are pleased with their fancy machine. I don’t yet know exactly when the Coles and Coopers left Black River Falls, Wisconsin, for Florida — but obviously this is Florida. Left to right, Frank Lafayette Cooper (?), Ella Bowman Cole, Francis Wayland Cole, and Rachel [more...]
