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Stouffer, E.M., Mrs., fl. 1943-1945 to Leonard Eugene Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.087.01 Author/Creator: Stouffer, E.M., Mrs., fl. 1943-1945 Place Written: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Type: Greeting Card Date: 21 September 1943 Pagination: 2p. : greeting card Height: 14.6 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy

One greeting card from Mrs. E.M. Stouffer to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated September 21, 1943. The card features an image of a young male smoking a pipe at the wheel of a ship reading "So you're in the NAVY now!" The inside of the card is an image of two young males in sailor's uniforms walking on a dock, with a poem reading, "May you keep your sea legs, Sailor,/Though the ship may roll and rock/ And your service in the navy/ Mean a lot of joys on Dock!" Signed, "Mrs. Stouffer."

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Stouffer, E.M., Mrs., fl. 1943-1945

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