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Wetmore, Nellie Joe, 1904-1988 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Neumiller and Mike

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09573.01.13 Author/Creator: Wetmore, Nellie Joe, 1904-1988 Place Written: Jerusalem, Israel Type: Postcard Date: 15 July 1963 Pagination: 1 postcard Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

One postcard addressed to Bets, Davis, Jack and Mike dated Jersualem, July 15, 1963. The front of the postcard depicts people fishing in Lebanon. On the reverse Nellie from the post office waiting for the customs agent to release the medicine Davis has sent her. Nellie notes under the date and place "no word from Rod." Nellie writes she enjoys the world and religious history of the area, and the people are very beautiful. Water is scarce. She comments on the goats, camels, and carts that aid "modern transportation."

Wetmore, Nellie Joe, 1904-1988
Wetmore, Harry Davis, Jr., 1907-1995
Neumiller, Betty, fl. 1963
Neumiller, Jack, fl. 1963
Wetmore, Mike, fl. 1963
Wetmore, Rod, fl. 1963-1978

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