Dear Santa Claus Letters From Vienna and Pinehurst Girls
Letters from Georgia children in Vienna and Pinehurst dated 1916 and 1926 request Christmas gifts from Santa Claus. Girls mention dolls, doll carriages, toy wagons, tricycles, story books, fruit, firecrackers, and a doll store, praising the Big Busy Store as the best local shop. Several names appear including Eunice Sturdivant, Mary Carmack, Elizabeth Wilder, Thelma Isaacs, Elma Woodruff, Jane Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Santa Claus
Eunice Sturdivant
Pinehurst
Tam
Santa
Sara
Mary Carmack
Gua
Dee
Elizabeth Wilder
Thelma Isaacs
Jane Watson
Young shoppers plead for toys in Vienna store tale
A collection of child letters dated December 1916 from Unadilla and Vienna Georgia requests dolls trunks carriages and toy trains plus fruit candy and nuts from the Big Busy Store and H Orovitz. The children young and oldest request gifts for siblings and their parents while urging trade with local merchants.
Little Annie Burgress's Christmas Wish From 1916
Annie Maude Burgess of Vienna Georgia in a handwritten letter dated December 16 1916 asks Santa for a stove cooking gear a talking doll fruit candy and a set of dishes. She describes herself a six year old primary student who visits the Busy Store with her family and praises Mr Orovitz noted for a fine float at the Dooly County Fair.
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Unadilla
Santa Claus
Oakland
Orovitz
Fair Palace
Enna
Santa
Schaye
Hi. Orovitz
H. Orovitz
Annie Mae
Annie
Lou
Papa
Mr. Orovitz
Mama
Dooly County Fair
Annie Maude Burgess
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Noy
Virginia Johnson
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J.D. Hargrove
Hee
Tom
Mildred Lasseter
Leila Lewis
Ammne Armniuseensfoens
LL. Causey
D. C. Causey
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D. L. Ivey
Epee Ates
C. Dykes
J. Howard
Charlie Jones
Ony Westeete
JE. Rose
Leta Wood
Canning
Vane
Cy Daves
M. D Medical
J. D. Lester
Commissionera Sete
W.E. Ford
Commingioner
Aya Wendent
J. B
Walton
Dy Hargrove
Cherle
W.G. Powell
Srevices
Q. B
Culpepper
H. C. Davis
Soge
Bee Sing Sons
Walton Bros
Dean Ates of
Ham’ Law
Pope En Pridgen ‘Bros. Provisions
C. C. Joiner
E. R. Kirkland & Sons
Vienna News
Cooper
McKinlay
Hudson Hay
G. L. Herring
Election Department Store
Eric A. C. Daniels
Bridges
J. B.C. Lane
J. L. Goodrum
T. E. Thompson
J. H. Porter
Dunlap and
Smalltooli-and-Hardware
Menken Fert
Mli Ae Record
Bridge Aditer Co
Offi
B. Thompson
Hardware Co
Albert Nye
J. D. Hargrove
W. B. Woodruff
Hay
W. E. Scott
C. Josey
Cee Ee Byromogille Drug Co
C. A. Thompson
T. H. Gregory Co
T. A. Adkins
R. R. Burke
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