Dear Santa Letters From Iowa Children 1938
A collection of Christmas requests from Iowa children in LeMars Struble Remsen and surrounding towns. The letters list toys and gifts sought, parents and teachers, ages and grades, with notes of good behavior and daily routines.
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LeMars
Iowa
Santa
Laura Mae
de Jores
Joan Marie
Laura Mae Beitelspacher
Struble
Miss Frahm
Jackie Daryl McDougall
Remsen
Santa Claus
Jove
Arthur Schroeder
Shirley Schroeder
Herbert Norton
Union School
Orlo
Eugene Charlagn
Kenny
Norman
Marlene Ann Kneip
Santa Letters From Iowa Children Date 1938 1998
A collage of handwritten Santa letters from Iowa children listing Christmas wishes. Kids mention schools, teachers, and family members while requesting dolls, toy tools, riding toys, sporting gear, and candy. Locations include LeMars, Maurice, Hinton, Kingsley, Remsen, and more with dates in December.
Dorothy Reinholdt’s Gift List for Family and Sister Florence
A child’s request lists a doll cradle a ring and wristwatch a story book and plenty of candy for mother and father. Dorothy Reinholdt asks to remember sister Florence and signs the note as a friend.
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Santa
Joyce
Donnie Greenwalt
Daddy
Mother
Seglems House
Jerry Sitazmann
Santa Claus
Grandma Oltmanns
Charlene
Oltmanns
Fittie
Shirley Ann Perekoom
LeMars
Iowa
Esther Rolfes
Towa
Betsy Wetsy
Elizabeth Sikkas
Florence
Dorothy Reinholdt
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Kingsley
Phyllis Jean Bleil
Joan Louise Bleil
Lynn Schwier
Lynn
Donald
Ig Pues
Idzoo
Deloras
Donald Beitelspacher
Helen
Joan
Rita Schroeder
Lillian Frerichs
Peter Sikkas, Jr
Bernard Sikkas
Louis Schmidt
Jack Sikkas
Fourth Ave
S. W
Jana
Maralyn Rounds
Larry
Maralyn
Akron
Miss Manz
Norman Moreead
Kenneth
Dady
Mamma
Grandpa
Marlene Kneip
Maurice
Mrs. Santa
Sweet Tooth
Marlene
Down Bowen
Hinton
Dee
Marcel
Maynard
Duane Lang
Dale Krause
Cecil Lang
Cecil
Mayard
Darrell
Donna Berner
Miss Bergin
Edward Murphy
Leo
Sylvester
Hileen
Papa
Rose Mary Murphy
Maureen Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Arlene Fischer
Leona Rolfes
LeMara
Lorna Deviney
Joan Mae Mc Dougal
P. S
Russell Null
Alton
Gloria
Vivian Darlene Marra
Remeen
Buster Dawson
Bill Heesch
Kingsley, Ia
Alta Marie
Ferne Litzmann
Davey Muecke
Jerry Cappock
Carlyon Cappock
Betsy
Hester
Audrey Lubben
Cyrilla
Tommy
Erma Kathryn Ruden
Donna Mae Weyen
Ireton
Snow White and the
Velgene Gronemeyer
Lucille Meyer
Treton
Wendall Gronemeyer
Westfield
Dick J. Goosman, Jr
Helen G. M. Goosmann
Brunsville
Mrs. Riter
Marcus
Marian
Dale Becker
Sylvia
Marjorie Detterman
Mary Lucile
Rogemary Obermire
Lone Ranger
Mark Koopman
Walter
Elmer
Clarence
Cecilia Pletschette
Hiatt
Lampert Yards, Inc
Leonard Purcel
Léonard
Leonard
Leonard Purcell
Marlin Waterbury
Marlin
Junior Horton
Moville
Donald Schiltz
Burton Anderson
Union Township
Earl Wiebke
Ruth Plueger
Craig
Plymouth Co-op
Oil Co
Mitchell, F. D
Whitewye
Minnesota
Ovens
P. G. Wagner
T. B
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
McCormick
Deering
New Idea
de Laval
H. P. Fairbanks
Lloyd E. Stickfort
H. J. Ramaker
H. J. Ruden
Farmers Savings: Bank
Peter Casper
Lincoln Ownship
Lutheran Church
Neptune
Austin White
Rock Island
George Popken
Farmers State Bank, Merrill
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