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Brown, Scott, fl. 1944 [Cartoon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.01.419.03 Author/Creator: Brown, Scott, fl. 1944 Place Written: Randolph Field, Texas Type: Newspaper clipping Date: September 25, 1944 Pagination: 1 p. ; Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe in a letter dated September 25, 1944. The cartoon features a soldier in holding a bra. In front of him is an unpacked care package. Another soldier is standing next to him looking surprised. The caption reads, "Mom sure is absent-minded - I got a sister in the Waves."

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975
Kelpe, Virginia Lee Heidt, fl. 1942-1975
Brown, Scott, fl. 1944

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