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circa 1920

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of a couple]

One photograph negative of a couple circa 1920. The photograph features a couple in swim suits standing on a beach with foliage behind them.

GLC10047.02.341.02

December 1944

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of a woman]

One photograph negative of a woman dated December 1944. The photograph features a woman posing for the camera. Behind her houses are visible Same as GLC10047.02.375.

GLC10047.02.368.02

circa 1920

Photograph

Title: [Photograph negative of a man, woman and child]

One photograph negative of a man, woman and child circa 1920. The photograph features a man and woman with a child standing in front of them. Behind them are trees and a house.

GLC10047.02.391.02

circa 1920

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of a woman]

One photograph negative of a woman circa 1920. The photograph features a woman walking up a sidewalk.

GLC10047.02.396.02

January 6, 1929

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of a woman]

One photograph negative of a woman dated January 6, 1929. The photograph features a woman leaning on her arm. She seems to be laying on a lawn.

GLC10047.02.398.02

circa 1920

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of three people]

One photograph negative of three people circa 1920. The photograph features one man and two women. They are in winter coats posing. Behind them is a street, a building and a wall. Same as GLC10047.02.275.

GLC10047.02.399.02

circa 1920

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of two women and a man]

One photograph negative of two women and a man circa 1920. The photograph features two women and a man seated on a stone wall.

GLC10047.02.402.02

circa 1920

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of a cow]

One photograph negative of a cow circa 1920. The card features a cow in front of a building. There is a man behind the cow.

GLC10047.02.403.02

circa 1935

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of a boy]

One photograph negative of a boy circa 1935. The photograph features a boy in overalls smiling at the camera. He is standing against a building. A enlargement of this photo is GLC10047.02.545.

GLC10047.02.411.02

circa 1935

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of a woman]

One photograph negative of a woman circa 1935. The photograph features a woman seated on a porch swing. Same as GLC10047.02.434.

GLC10047.02.425.02

circa 1935

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of a couple]

One photograph negative of a couple circa 1935. The photograph features a couple kissing in a field.

GLC10047.02.469.02

circa 1930

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of two women and a boy]

One photograph negative of two women and a boy circa 1930. The photograph features two women side by side with a boy standing in front of them. All three are posing for the camera.

GLC10047.02.477.02

circa 1930

Photograph negative

Title: [Photograph negative of a couple]

One photograph negative of a couple circa 1930. The photograph features a couple posing in front of foliage.

GLC10047.02.478.02

1905-1954

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Header Record

Title: Collection of WWII letters of Omer H. Kelpe, Army Air Corps.[Decimalized .001-.698.06]

Collection of letters primarily between Omer H. Kelpe and his wife Virginia Kelpe between 1942 and 1946 while he served in the Air Force at Randolph Field in Texas. He mainly wrote about his day to day life and of how much he loved her. There are many letters that have been fragment due to censors cutting out sections that are about topics not to be discussed. This collection contains; 665 letters, 56 newspaper clippings, 14 envelopes, 13 documents, 9 postcards, 8 stamps, 7 receipts, 6 photographs, 3 telegrams, 3 pamphlets, 2 greeting cards, 2 notes, 2 advertisements, 1 business card and 1…

GLC10047.01

February 15, 1933

Yowell, Jack, fl. 1933-1934

Autograph letter signed

Title: to D.E. Kelpe

One letter from Jack Yaruel to D.E. Kelpe dated February 15, 1933.

GLC10047.01.001

October 4, 1942

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Autograph letter signed