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White, Frank B., 1915-1999 Quit Clarance! Mama Might See you!

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09855.079.02 Author/Creator: White, Frank B., 1915-1999 Place Written: Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands Type: Sketch Date: 21 September 1944 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 8.1 cm, Width: 9.9 cm Order a Copy

One sketch from Frank B. White to L. Jean White dated September 21, 1944. Sent care of Fleet Post Office in San Francisco California. A sketch described by Frank as "filthy" features a man and woman sitting on a couch a cat walks under the woman's legs and the cat's tail is going up her skirt. The man looks on in confusion and surprise at what is happening.

White, Frank B., 1915-1999
White, L. Jean, 1915-2014

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