Letters to Santa from Maryland children 1953
Multiple notes from Hobbs and Denton Maryland children dated December 1953 request Christmas gifts. Jo Ann Murphy asks for a doll suitcase Cinderella watch puzzle skirt sweater and includes family. Sharon Brooks seeks life size baby riding clothes Cinderella watch and family. Mary Lois Adams requests a doll watch crazy ikes story book and dress. teacher Miss Wood noted.
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Santa
Jo Ann Murphy
Denton
Denton, Md
Barbara
Alton
Miss Wood
Mary Lois Adams
Christmas Wishlist From Donna Lou Smith
A seven year old girl named Donna Lou Smith asks for a record player and records a doll a watch a cleaning set and gifts for other children and her teacher Mrs Hignutt reflecting a hopeful holiday note to Santa Claus.
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Santa
Mrs. Hignutt
Donna Lou Smith
Christmas Wishes From Joyce and Barbara and Ronnie
A newspaper-style notice lists Christmas wishes from three children Joyce Marie Redden eight years old Barbara Jean Pruett three years old and Ronnie Stafford second grader. They request gifts for themselves and siblings along with family and teacher mentions. A humorous old-time morality line about microbes in a horse’s lymph stream ends with a moral about not changing streams in the middle of a horse.
America's Glamorous Girls of 1953 in The American Weekly
The December 27 1953 issue of The American Weekly in color gravure features America s most glamorous girls highlighting outstanding beauties. Photographs showcase selected beauties. Baltimore Sunday American collaboration invites readers to order from local newsdealers.
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America
American Weekly
Baltimore Sunday American
Churchtalk Harp Lesson Sparks Heaven Joke
A minister asks William why he misses church. William says his daughter is learning the harp and he jokes that heaven may not be as appealing, given the instrument’s pull. The exchange ends with a light quip about afterlife priorities.
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William
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