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Pietry, Joan, fl. 1944 to Robert E. Dyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09996.154 Author/Creator: Pietry, Joan, fl. 1944 Place Written: Tucson, Arizona Type: Greeting Card Date: 19 May 1944 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One greeting card sent by Joan Pietry to Robert E. Dyer dated May 19, 1944. Features a girl cat on the ground refusing help from a medic cat. The front cover reads "A Letter Needed - That's all! I don't need any FIRST AID kit To make me feel much better." the inside features the girl cat reading a letter looking visibly better and it reads, "Say! All I need- (now take the hint!) IS A GOOD, LONG NEWSY LETTER." Joan has written that she has been so busy but she will write him soon.

Dyer, Robert E., 1925-2018
Pietry, Joan, fl. 1944

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