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Lobik, Margaret, 1919-1983 to Margaret and Paul Lobik

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09579.034 Author/Creator: Lobik, Margaret, 1919-1983 Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Greeting Card Date: 3 July 1948 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One baby greeting card from Marion and John Block to Margaret and Paul Lobik dated July 3, 1948. Announces the birth of John Gerard Block on June 26, 1948. The card is shaped like a house and features a baby in a second story window with a banner "just arrived" hanging below them.

Lobik, Margaret, 1919-1983
Lobik, Paul H., 1915-1998
Block, Marion, fl. 1948
Block, John, fl. 1948
Block, John Gerard, fl. 1948

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