Envelope

mailing envelope: Origsize: 5 x 8; Origformat: Print-Photographic
mailing envelope

Origsize: 5 x 8; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

Envelope

Entry/Object ID

1996.041.0001b

Description

a brown envelope with cardboard inside for stiffening. This envelope was used by Laura Benet to mail a wedding picture (BHM1996.041.0001) of the parents of Jane McCarthy to Jane in Gualala California from New York City. The wedding had taken place at the Benicia Arsenal when Jane's grandfather was stationed there in the early 1900's. There are 4 - 3 cents stamps on the envelope (12 cents total for the mailing across the country in 1949)

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 1949