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Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943 to Miss Edna Geraldine Williams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.011 Author/Creator: Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943 Place Written: Hampton, Virginia Type: Postcard Date: 20 April 1940 Pagination: 1 postcard Height: 8.25 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Postcard addressed to Miss Edna Geraldine Williams from her brother LeRoi Williams in which LeRoi describes his first solo flight at the Hampton Institute in Virginia. Front side of the postcard is a stamp and the address. On the reverse is the content of the message.

Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943
Twitty, Geraldine Williams, 1930-

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