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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
12
A collection of handwritten Santa Claus letters from Hamburg Iowa dated December 1927. Children request toys bikes dolls trains complete outfits skates a piano a sewing machine and other gifts. Several entrants name their teachers and homes on Argyle Street and in Hamburg.
Fragmentary OCR item from Hamburg cites a date December 5 and the number 4927 with unclear context. No clear names, places, or actions are readable to derive a full event or notice.
A fragmented letter from Earline Van Winkle and other children in Hamburg Iowa requesting Santa Claus gifts. The plea mentions dolls, a china set, a doll bed, a shaving set, a fountain pen, a Buick picture, a radio, candy, nuts, a horse, and a tableware set, ending with greetings to Santa.
A letter page from Hamburg Iowa dated December 1927 collects Christmas wish lists from several children. Requests include dolls candy dolls and doll furniture, a basketball and net, a fountain pen sewing machine dishes chairs and a table, a picture for a teacher, a train and airplane for a father, boots a leather cap and oranges, plus general good wishes to Santa Claus.
A collection of Christmas wish notes from Hamburg area children dated 1927 asks for a range of gifts including toys, clothing, and candy. Names such as Pearl White Earl Geyer Margaret Thomas Oll Thomas and Pern Raby appear, with requests for dolls, bikes, piano, sewing machine, clothes, and assorted treats. The letters reflect simple desires of local youngsters and concern for the poor.
A 1227 Hamburg town missive asks Santa Claus for a doll buzey aunt jek, candy, and a rattle for Themes, signed by Larsaine Cook and detailing childlike Christmas desires.
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