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Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975 Woman Asks Jeffers How She Can Keep Her Pants On

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.01.136.02 Author/Creator: Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975 Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: April 23, 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe in a letter dated April 23, 1943. The title of the article is "Woman Asks Jeffers How She Can Keep Her Pants On." The article is in reference to a lack of elastic due to rubber shortages.

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975
Kelpe, Virginia Lee Heidt, fl. 1942-1975

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