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Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone and Don Stone.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.025 Author/Creator: Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 Place Written: Ellington Field, Texas Type: Postcard Date: 10 May 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 9.9 x 14.9 cm. Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Transcript of document

Addressed to "All." Brief note stating he went to the beach again in Galveston, but remembered to put on Skol [sunscreen] so he wouldn't "crisp again."

"Letters in a Box" notes the letter was written on May 10, 1943.
Postcard image is "Galveston's $1,500,000 Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas."

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009
Stone, Jacob, fl. 1894-1985
Stone, Beatrice Hecht Marks, 1901-1962
Stone, Donald, 1925-2017

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