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[Recruitment Card]

Description: Recruitment card belonging to Edgar Brown Sutherlin. It reads: "U. S. Naval Recruiting Station, 1421 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill. No. 241. Name: Sutherlin, E. B. Rate: Landsman for Training. Date: APR 3 - 1902." Sutherlin signed the back of the card.
Date: April 3, 1902
Creator: Naval Regional Contracting Center (U.S.)
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Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family

[Postcard of Washington Park in Chicago]

Description: Postcard of four boats paddled by men dressed in white shirts under a wooden bridge. The scene is described as "Showing Rustic Bridge in one of the city's most beautiful parks. Located on the South Side and containing 371 acres." The letter is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1141 Third Ave. Huntington, West Va."
Date: August 16, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, February 11, 1913]

Description: Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, on February 11, 1913, informing her that they believe her to have a clear understanding of optics, and reminding her of a diploma fee that must be paid before they can forward her diploma to her.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Jacksonian Optical College
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family

[Postcard of Chicago World's Fair Fountain by Night]

Description: Postcard of a fountain lit by many soft colors. The back of the postcard adds, "Magnificent lighting effects in five colors - green, red, amber, blue, and white - will make the spectacle unlike everything else in the world. 40 feet high and 200 feet wide, at the south end three single high sprays about the dome throw water 75 feet into the air." The message on the back reads, "Do wish you + Mamie could come to see the fair. It is worth seeing I think. I have spent three days there all day and a… more
Date: September 21, 1934
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Photo Album]

Description: Family photo album containing portraits and landscape photos of a ranch. Many of the portraits appear to have been taken by photographers in Vernon, Texas, and the surrounding region. The album pages have a printed floral design around the photo slots and decorative border along the edges.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Postcard from Margaret to Maud Curtie]

Description: Postcard from Margaret to Maud Curtie, discussing Margaret's experience with her mother visiting Boerne, Texas. The postcard features a photograph of a view of Boerne, Texas, from Kronkosky Hill. To the left, there are three large house barely visible through the large tree cover, and at the right, there is a network of paths - one of which leads to a wooden foot-bridge. In the distance, smaller houses are also visible.
Date: 192X-05-31
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library
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