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[Invitation to Melzer Jilek Wedding]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09576.126 Author/Creator: Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Printed document Date: 19 June 1937 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Order a Copy

One invitation to the wedding of Alma Melzer and William Jilek to take place on June 19, 1937.

Lobik, Paul H., 1915-1998
Melzer, Alma, fl. 1935-1937
Jilek, William, fl. 1937
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Woman Author
Friendship
The Great Depression

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