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Landau, Dorothy, fl. 1943 to Daniel Landau

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09993.103.02 Author/Creator: Landau, Dorothy, fl. 1943 Place Written: Hannibal, Missouri Type: Typed letter signed Date: 15 August 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; envelope Order a Copy

One letter addressed to Daniel Landau from Dorothy Landau. Contains a letter head of soldiers arriving on shore. At the end of the illustrated sea is a caricature of a Black native. Dorothy requests that he send a pencil box with a strap.

Landau, Dorothy K., 1908-1992
Landau, Daniel B., 1907-1968

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