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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
17
A collection of holiday letters dated December 14 1936 from young readers in Hamburg Riverton and Ackley Iowa asking Santa Claus for bikes dolls doll buggies trains sleds and candy. Several children request not to bring a switch and to bring gifts for siblings and a lasting Christmas tree with ornaments.
The note from Hamburg Indiana dated December 14 1936 asks for a bicycle with a paper carrier on it a football and a pair of gloves indicating it would meet the writer's needs. It is signed Your friend Bobby Gray.
A six year old boy named Charles Maynard Robinson writes from Hamburg Iowa on December 14 1936 asking Santa for gifts. He requests a pair of peots pot pants two Mickey Mouse boox nuts candy and an orange and notes he is schoolgoing.
A six year old first grader Harold Dahlgren from Hamburg Iowa send a cheerful letter to Santa Claus dated December 14 1934 asking for a train with track a new sled and wishing well for Santa and Mrs. Claus The note closes with a friendly goodbye from Harold to his “little friend” Santa.
A short Christmas note from booby martin and gene hinze asking Santa for gifts. Booby requests a blackboard an electrical questioner a moving picture show and candy. Gene asks for a Monopoly game a saddle and spindle plus candy for his mother and a set of saws for his father.
A note from Merie Shipley asks Santa for a cir with lights a pen a little gray dog and some candy then signs off with farewell and friendship from Merie Shipley to Santa Claus.
A cache of handwritten Christmas requests from Hamburg Iowa children dated December 1935 and 1936 asks Santa for a range of gifts. Walter Roy Dorothy Owen B S Ruth Moore Verainz Francis Shelton Wilma Shelton Fran cis Shelton and others request dolls, doll beds, toys, candy, sewing machines, a typewriter, a car, and household items, with notes on siblings and friends. The letters show community holiday anticipation and familiar childlike wishes.
A brief holiday note from Phyllis Mable Hamilton thanks Santa and wishes Joyce Ann a ball and joy for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
A child's Christmas request letter to Santa describes wishes for candy nuts skates shoes and a wagon plus a fall while sleigh riding at school. The note is dated December 14 1936 from Hamburg Ja and signed Wart with hopeful tidings for Mrs Santa Claus and elves.
A dated note from Hamburg Indiana on December 14 1936 requests a snow suit shoes stockings and a bicycle. The letter ends with a friendly sign off from Doris Hays to an unnamed recipient.
A dated note from Hamburg Isle dated December 4 4936 describes casual requests and a closing line from a friend Mary Kathryn Butler mentioning snow salt a game a girl and colored chalk with a light informal tone.
A child writes a playful Santa letter asking if Santa and Mrs Santa are well and describes two toy steamboats and a bicycle as Christmas wishes. The note is signed by Junior Strum.
A fragment from a Hamburg newspaper page shows a child asking Santa Claus about arrival time in December 1936. The note mentions awaiting Santa, asking for a snow suit a doll candy and nuts. It reflects a holiday sentiment typical of the era.
A postcard from Hambourg Ta dated December 14 1936 shows Rosemary Simpson writing a Christmas list requesting a doll a doll buggy candy nuts a story book an electric stove an electric ice box and a typewriter She asks how old the recipient is and whether Santa Claus will come alone or with Mrs Santa Claus.
A Payne Iowa letter dated December 14 asks Santa or readers to bring toys and gifts for two children. Phyllis Moyer, a fourth grade girl, requests flowery pocketbook, Shirley Temple doll, dollhouse, sled, wristwatch, wagon, candy and nuts. Harley Carroll Est asks for a toy truck, wind-up train, wagon, BB gun, and BBs.
A letter from Dean Hiv of Payne Iowa dated December 14 1936 asks for a wagon a farm a bottle of ink a sled and nuts and candy. He writes he is in the fourth grade and ten years old.
A 1926 Hamburg Iowa letter from Frank Ernest Stephens requests a wagon a train and a bicycle and guitar and a typewriter in a Christmas note to Santa. Deloris Kelsey asks for a dress and hat and sends holiday wishes to Santa with love.
A Christmas note from Payne Iowa dated December 14 1956 requests a car a kiddy car a negro doll a Christmas tree a bell and a color book signed Your friend Tony Karke The personal message reflects a simple year end wish list from a local youngster sharing holiday hopes with a recipient.
A letter from Hetty Monroe in Payne Iowa dated December 14 1936 asks Dear Senta to send a blue ring red beads dishes sewing set a doll bed pencil blackboard dress rubber doll a cut out book nuts and candy. Hetty states she is in the second grade and eight years old.
A five year old in first grade writes a Christmas wish list including a rubber doll a big car a teddy bear a new dress a play Christmas tree a sled a new pair of shoes nuts and candy She signs as Your little friend Lillian Harose Payne Ta Dec 14 1936 P 8
A fragment from a December 1930s correspondence shows children from Payne and nearby towns writing to Santa. Annabelle Dryden requests a sewing machine, dishes, and toys. Carl Lloyd asks for a gun and machinery kit. other items include a pen, bicycle, and a wrestling suit.
Shirley Walston of Payne Indiana writes a Christmas wish list dated December 14 1936. She asks Santa to bring candy nuts a doll bell a story book a picture a pencil box a sled and a slate for her second grade self.
A December 14 1938 letter from a first grade pupil at Valley Farm School asks Santa for gifts including a doll cradle dishes skates gloves boxing gloves a wrestling ring a pen and perch set and even a cow, addressed to Ganta and Mrs Banta.
A six year old first grader in Payne Indiana writes a Christmas request dated December 14 1038. She asks for a Shirley Temple doll a red hood a pencil a new dress a watch a sled a doll dress some nuts and candy signing off as Ethel Monroe.
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