Christmas Santa Letters From Hamburg 1926-28
A collection of unsigned Hamburg Iowa and Hamburg Illinois children letters dated December 1926 to 1928, detailing Christmas wish lists. desires include sewing machines, tool chests, BB guns, dolls, toy vehicles, candy, oranges, nuts, and a memory book. Mentions several young writers and an open-air theatre reference in Rural Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Santa
Fern Ruby
Charlie Barnes
Margaret Thomas
Edwin Duta
Leola Stalin
Kansas City
Ethel Thomas
LeRoy Mitchell
Christmas Wish Letters From Hamburg Children 1926
A batch of Christmas wish letters from Hamburg Iowa and nearby areas dated December 7 1926. Children request toys including a sled tools steam engine saxophone electric train bicycle crane erector set and more while offering hopeful greetings and noting family plans and school activities.
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Hamburg
Santa
Tam
Gemmie Ackley
Washington Street
Don
Dougan, Jr
The Christmas Kimono Gift for Cora
Sam Lingoln battles guilt as he buys a wild kimono instead of practical warm wear for his wife Cora. After a tense return home he confesses and discovers a second, more fitting present from Uncle Horace, changing the mood to joyous gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha B. Thomasi
Sam Lingoln
Cora
Cara
Sam
Chickadees
Wieve
Gera
Sanya
The Christmas Quilt of Grandmother's Tales
Nancy Atwell, alone in the Connecuous hills, reflects on Christmas past through her grandmother’s happiness quilt. She considers family invitations, memories of grandparents, and the stories stitched in fabric while longing for connection and the comfort of home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Tanner Dillin
Nancy Atwell
Grandmother
Pegey North
Nancy
Mother
Cothers
Grandmother Twell
Quiet the Hills and Grandmother’s Lessons
Narrative pieces describe Nancy planning acts of care for relatives during holidays, then shift to a wartime editorial lamenting sabotage threats to national defense and a pamphlet-like piece extolling the forest as a renewable resource. The excerpts cover personal gratitude, defense concerns, and forest conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Cff
Ian Wats
Adreraft
Juseay Co Ely
Europe
Palestine
China
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Santa Claus
Mary Joe
June
Mars Joe Hoskins
Sidney Phillips
Tommy Millsleigh
Fred Lar
Malcolm Doll
Zoe ‘Wilson
Dale Danley
Mexico
John Huffer
North Pole
Weill
Bobby Hickman
Orplians
Luther Dougan
Omaha
Brandeises
Shenandoah
Stoner Drug Co
Rock Port
Hamburger
Fred Herbst
Peggy
Ife
Lonergan
Eveready
Baronoil
Prestone
Barron Oil CO
Lowa
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