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Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988 to Sylvia Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0733 Author/Creator: Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988 Place Written: Butte, MT Type: Postcard Date: 30 June 1943 Pagination: 1 postcard Height: 15 cm, Width: 9 cm Order a Copy

Moe stopped in Butte, Montana, where the American Women's Voluntary Service has given him oranges, candy, peanuts and cigarettes and even the postcard he's now writing on. He can't wait for the next stop.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

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