Name/Title
Letter from Pfc. Eddie Earl Fry to his coach, 1945Entry/Object ID
2021.34.46Scope and Content
Acc. No. 21.34.46
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda; World War II
Date or Period: 1945
Object: letter, envelope
Description: handwritten letter in pencil, with original envelope with address and sender in black fountain pen, postal stamp removed; post-stamped 'U.S. [...] Nav[...], Apr 26 A.M. 1945', and 'Passed by Naval Censor' and 'Apr 26 1945'. Sent by Pfc. E. E. Fry Jr., from H & S Co, 7th Mar, 1st Mar. Div., in San Francisco, to Don Bell, 1716 Cornell Dr.
Size (envelope): L-3 1/2 x W-6 1/2 inches; letter: L-10 x W-6 1/4 inches.
History of Object: Letter written by Eddie Earl Fry Jr., son of Alameda golf pro and golf course manager Earl Fry, to his coach Don Bell, asking about various Alameda High School athletes and staff, April 1945.
Earl Fry Jr. died on June 16, 1945.
Letter found in a drawer with unrelated papers in the museum storage, in an envelope with deteriorating golf-related newspaper clippings (now discarded).
Acquired from: unknown
Catalog Date: November 8, 2021
