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Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 to Jacob Stone

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.403 Author/Creator: Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 Place Written: Salt Lake City, Utah Type: Object Date: 9 November 1943 Pagination: 1 card : cloth, salt, and paper : blue, brown, green, cream and black Height: 10 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

A postcard to Jacob Stone from Salt Lake City, Utah with a packet of salt attached to it from the Great Salt Lake. He writes that all is well and he will write later.

The photo on the postcard is "John Cobb beats the Eyston record for speed on the Salt Flats of Great Salt Lake."

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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