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- [ca. 1943] (creation)
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1 photograph : photomechanical print ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
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Linen post card with image of the Cascade Falls at Osceola, Wisconsin. Printed on verso: Made in U.S.A. by E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (FIA). Date from postmark: Jul 3, 1943; mailed from Osceola, Wis; green 1¢ Lady Liberty for Defense stamp. Message: Addressed to Mrs. J. Fischler, 905 Rice St., St. Paul, 3, Minn. "Friday, Dear Mom, We paddled since yesterday morning. We're in Osceola now. I just had a malted milk and a sundae. Last night we slept by a creek of drinking water. Was it ever ice cold. No mosquitoes bothered us during the night. Love, Rita."
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This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.
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Cataloged by kdo, 11/18/2016
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Purchased November , 2016, on eBay from D. Medford, Wayne NJ.
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Postcards shoe box #2
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Milwaukee, Wis. : E.C. Kropp Co., [ca. 1943]