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Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016 to Susan Prowell Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.426 Author/Creator: Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016 Place Written: Hawaii Type: V-Mail Date: 8 May 1945 Pagination: 1 p. : V-Mail : envelope ; Order a Copy

One V-Mail greeting from Leonard Eugene Graeff to Susan Prowell Graeff dated May 8, 1945. Sent to Susan to celebrate Mother's day. The greeting features a woman in a hoop-skirt style dress surrounded by flowers and holding a basket of flowers Across the top of the greeting is a message that reads, "Mother's Day Greetings."

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967

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