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Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950 to Judith W. Smith

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06975.08 Author/Creator: Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950 Place Written: s.l. Type: Postcard Date: 1908-1919 Pagination: 2 p. ; 8.9 x 13.9 cm. Order a Copy

The front of this postcard is an image and a poem about the Telephone Girls of Springfield, the poem is entitled "Think What You Owe "The Telephone Girl"". On the back is a poem by Blackwell also about the telephone girl.

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