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Unknown "Why don't you sew to me while I read dear..."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09855.122.02 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1944 Pagination: 1 p. ; 7 x 11.8 cm. Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Frank B. White to L. Jean White dated 1944. The clipping is of a comic featuring a married couple in armchairs with a table between them. The man is reading the paper while the woman does needle point.

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

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