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Lyons, Curtis Blair, 1894-1968 to Helen Lyons

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07810.073 Author/Creator: Lyons, Curtis Blair, 1894-1968 Place Written: at Sea Type: Postcard Date: 2 May 1919 Pagination: 1 postcard Height: 14 cm, Width: 9 cm Order a Copy

Writes to his wife that he is about 900 miles out at sea and plans to write once he lands. Written on a YMCA postcard aboard the Santa Ana.

Lyons, Curtis Blair, 1894-1968
Lyons, Helen, 1895-1990

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