This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 34 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
6
A collection of childhood letters addressed to Santa Claus from Hamburg and Riverton Iowa, dating 1926 to 1936. The notes request bicycles, dolls, doll buggies, a train set, a pen and pencil set, candy, nuts, oranges, and clothing. Several children mention good behavior and Christmas wishes for family members.
A reader requests items including a bicycle with a paper carrier, a football, gloves, and a ball for Joyce Ann. The note ends with holiday wishes from Phyllis Mable Hamilton to Santa, signed by Bobby Gray and Joyce Ann, in a casual personal plea.
A six year old boy, Charles Maynard Robinson, writes from Hamburg Iowa on December 14 1936 asking Santa for boots boot pants a Mickey Mouse book nuts candy and an orange. He mentions he is a student and sends greetings for the cold weather.
A young student in the first grade writes to wish for a train with track and a new sled. He mentions going to school daily and signs off from Harold Gahigren with well wishes to Mrs. Banta and the reader.
A friendly Christmas note from Booby Martin asks Santa for a blackboard, an election questioner, a moving picture show, and some candy this Christmas. He wishes Santa a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and signs as a friend.
The message from Gene Hinze asks for a game of Mon opoly or a saddle and bridle, a box of candy for his mother, and a set of saws for his father, addressed to a friend.
A childlike plea from 1930s letters dated December 14 in Hamburg Ta seeks gifts for family and friends. Requests include dolls Shirley Temple, a trunk, doll bed, table and chairs, toys, handkerchiefs, candy, a box of red handkerchiefs, a dog, a blackboard, and a playhouse along with various small personal items. The messages read as friendly holiday correspondence from Merle Shiptey Ruth L Moore Dorothy Owen Veta Flaze.
A dated note from Hamburg Iowa December 14 1936 asks a friend named Frances Shelton to bring items including games a ball a gun toys candy and a football indicating a casual shopping list request from a personal contact.
A fragment from Hamburg dated December 14 1936 asks urgently for a doll doll bed pocketbook fing rubber doll rocking chair sewing machine and candy oranges addressed to a person named Wilma Shelton seeking help.
A child describes making a stocking at school and requesting a typewriter and candy for Christmas. The note mentions friends Gara car and Sarbara, suggesting a playful, imperfect letter to Santa with simple gift ideas.
A letter from Mary Bridgford of Hamburg Iowa dated December 14 1936 asks Santa Claus about Mrs Santa Claus and describes her wishes for Christmas including candy nuts skates and shoes.
A Hamburg child’s brief Christmas note from December 14 1936 recounts a walk to a school and a wish list including a wagon football sled and tag. The letter ends with a self description of sleigh riding and a happy goodbye to Santa Claus.
Doris Ays writes a note asking how you and your wife are and requesting a snow suit shoes stockings and a bicycle though she fears it may not be possible. The message conveys friendly concern and a simple wish list.
A dated 1 December 1936 letter from Hamburg appears to a friend near Santa, listing wants such as a snow suit, a game, a hat with a girl figure, typewriter paper, a color book, and colored chalk, ending with a farewell from Mary Kathryn Bucler.
A dated 1936 letter from Hamburg Iowa features a child’s Christmas wish list. Junior Strum asks Santa for a toy steamboat and a bicycle, in a playful exchange about elves, sleds, and airplanes.
A fragmented Christmas note asks Santa for a snow suit a doll candy and nuts. The child warns not to come too late and mentions bringing Mrs Santa Claus a long. The text reads as a playful festive request with incomplete lines.
A dated December 4, 1936 message expresses a child's Christmas list including a doll, doll buggy, candy, nuts, story book, electric stove, ice box, and typewriter. The note asks Santa his age and whether Mrs Santa Claus will accompany him or arrive late.
A festive note from Betty Johnson wishes a merry Christmas and teases Santa's elves. The friendly letter hints at homecomings and holiday cheer with playful spelling and greetings.
A personal Christmas note from Earl White of Hamburg asks Santa to visit, inquiring if he travels by sleigh or plane. The letter requests gifts for a young sister including a doll, a tricycle, cowboy salt, rubber items, boot socks, and a new cap, plus warm wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
A December 14 1938 note from Anna Holley of Hamburg Iowa requests gifts for a long list including saxophone for a neighbor boy a clarinet manicuring set and fragrance for her grandmother and perfume for her grandmother a new tie for her stepfather and several pen and pencil sets for relatives also asking for candy apples nuts and oranges while noting she is in the jade grade at thirteen.
A 1936 Christmas note from Hamsburg Iowa by Elsie Mae W asks Santa if he arrives by sleigh or plane and lists desires for a bicycle, doll clothes, games, and a cousin’s wish for a tricycle, signed Your friend.
A December 14 1936 letter from Alhamburg In shares hopeful toy requests for Santa Claus. Mina Archer asks for a doll snow suit a new dress and a twin sweater set. Cleo Edward Allis wants a sled a wagon skates and a bicycle. Junior Gardner asks for a wagon with two brakes headlights a baseball bat and glove and even asks to bring Mrs Santa Claus.
A 1936 Hamburg Iowa note dated December 14 requests items including a wagon a sled a train a bicycle a guitar and a dress with hat plus a typewriter and guitar. Signed by Frank Ernest Stephens and Deloris Kelsey expressing season greetings and affection.
Payne Indiana and Payne Louisiana excerpted notes show young students requesting gifts for Christmas. Phyllis Moyer asks for flowery dishes pocketbook Shirley Temple dolls a wristwatch and a buggy. Harley Carroll asks for a sled wagon bee bee gun train and wind-up toy.
A fragmented message from a fourth grader in Indiana dated December 14 1036 requests a wagon a farm a bottle of ink a sled and some nuts and candy The writing includes garbled words and appears as a personal note rather than a formal article making it a brief readable item with curious OCR errors.
A dated note from Tony Karse expresses a wish list including a car a kiddy car a teddy bear a Black person doll a Christmas tree a bell and a color book and closes with a friendly sign off.
Betty Monroe writes from Paine Iowa on December 14 1938 asking for a blue ring red beads dishes sewing set a doll bed a pencil a blackboard a dress a rubber dot a cut out book and some nuts and candy she says she is in the second grade and is years old, signing as a little friend.
A letter from Payne Iowa dated December 14 1838 asks Valley Farm School to bring a doll cradle and a dining set for a first grade child. The note expresses a simple wish for educational and play items requested by a young student.
A first grade child five year old Lillian Harose lists wants for Christmas including a rubber doll a big car a teddy bear a new dress a play Christmas tree a sled and new shoes plus nuts and candy she signs as your little friend on December 14 1936 in Payne Ta. She ends with I want a broom.
A reader letter from Payne, Ia dated December 14 1934 asks Santa for a pen, pencil, knife watch chain sled football bicycle and more while another note from Shirley Walston in December 1936 requests candy nuts a slate a story book and a pencil box. The misaligned scans read like holiday children’s requests.
A 1936 December letter from Payne, Indiana, to Ganta requests Christmas items including a pair of gloves, boxing gloves, a wrestling suit, punching bag, pen and pencil set, and a cow. The note blends playful questions about Mrs. Santa with a wish list and personal greetings.
A fragmented Christmas note dated December 14 1938 from Annabelle Dryden in Payne Ta asks Tom for household items including a washing machine a set of white dines a table and a bedroom side. She mentions a seven year old girl and signs as a friend.
A letter dated December 14 1936 from Payne Iowa requests a B. 5 gun a knock out toy a kit to build machinery and airplanes and a large set of paints. The note signed Your friend Carl Loyd concludes the short message.
Ethel Monroe, a six year old first grader, writes to Santa asking for a Shirley Temple doll a red hood a pencil a new dress a watch a sled a doll dress some nuts and candy for Christmas dated December 14 1096 and signed Your little friend Ethel Monroe
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.