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Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967 Hotel Allen, Allentown, PA.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.280.02 Author/Creator: Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967 Place Written: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Type: Engraving Date: February 20, 1944 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 7.1 cm Order a Copy

One engraving sent to Leonard Eugene Graeff from Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff dated February 20, 1944. Features the Hotel Allen in Allentown Pennsylvania with people walking on the sidewalk and cars driving by. Seems to be cut from a sheet of hotel letterhead.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963

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