WWI Letter, May 1918

Archive

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Raupp Museum

Name/Title

WWI Letter, May 1918

Entry/Object ID

2009.05.020

Scope and Content

One page correspondence on tan YMCA letterhead paper with envelope. Dated May 1918. Lined handwritten letter in black ink about his arrival in France, his health and trying to make the best of being away. Envelope addressed to “Miss Josephine Raupp Arlington Heights, Ills." from "Ptv. Bernard Raupp 123 [illegible] AEF via New York." Envelope has American YMCA logo in upper center. With blue stamp "soldier mail" and stamp "passed by C.M/ Censor Washington." Postmarked from Washington D.C. Jul 3, 1918.

Archive Details

Creator

Raupp, Bernard

Date(s) of Creation

1918

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Raupp, Bernard

Person or Organization

Raupp, Josephine