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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
16
A collection of handwritten Christmas letters from children, listing gifts they hope Santa will bring such as dolls, toy trains, wagons, balls, teddy bears, and candy. The notes mention school names and ages, with warm wishes for family.
Loyce Laycock writes from the fourth grade asking for a printing press and candy and nuts as a birthday wish. She notes she was nine at her last birthday and signs her name.
Lee Roy Groves seeks a wagon as requested in the note. The brief item records a personal transportation need without further details or context.
Georgia Coleman, once an Olympic hopeful who recovered from infantile paralysis, enrolls at a New York beauty institute. Amid recovery she shifts focus from diving to a new profession. Gerald Harvey seeks a basketball in this brief item.
A long list of childlike Christmas requests includes toys such as a doll, wagon, car, train, gun, dolls house, spurs, rope, puzzle, pencil set, knife, and red house shoes. Several children sign their names and request Santa bring gifts reflecting typical early 20th century holiday desires.
A child writes to Santa requesting a baseball and a large baby doll plus other gifts. She asks Santa to remember her mother and father and friends. The page also notes most Panama hats are made in Ecuador.
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