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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1929
Page
6
A 1929 collection of child wish lists from Texas readers including Billie Jack Sorrell of Bunker Hill School and Inez Northcut Stamford asking for candy nuts pecans pencils and a baby doll among other gifts. Other children request trains buses fireworks and a washboard with messages of good behavior and holiday wishes.
A collection of letters dated December 1929 from children in Texas and Oklahoma, asking Santa for dolls trains wagons toys candy nuts fruit and household items. Children from Stamford Avoca Lueders Baird and nearby areas include requests from babies to seven year olds with family clings and notices of grandparents and mothers.
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