Spalsbury: #101 Letters Home November 16, 1944

Archive

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Spalsbury: #101 Letters Home November 16, 1944

Entry/Object ID

2021.2.345A-B

Scope and Content

Postcard home from Pvt. R. C. Spalsbury, Co A - 216 Engr Bn, A.P.O. 412, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas to his parents George and Marie, 806 South 11th, St. Joseph (10), MO. Post Marked NOV 16, 1944, 5 PM, Kansas City, MO free postage. Robert dropped them a quick note as he was headed back to Camp Chaffee, Arkansas following a 15 day furlough home in St. Joseph.

Context

15 Nov 44 Wed. Nite K.C. USO- How's this for a quick message, Mom? It's 9:10, I'm here in the USO, getting ready to pick up my bag at the Bus Terminal (next door). I'll hail a cab + get to the U. Sta. in plenty of time. Just had the most enjoyable visit with N. J. Klein and her Mom + Pop. I called her at the dentist's office, and she met me at 11th + McGee; then walked the 10 blocks to their apt. Sure enjoyed seein' 'em. No More Room, Bob

Collection

Marshall White

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Items Details

Title

Postcard home from Pvt. R. C. Spalsbury, Co A - 216 Engr Bn, A.P.O. 412, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas to his parents George and Marie, 806 South 11th, St. Joseph (10), MO. Post Marked NOV 16, 1944, 5 PM, Kansas City, MO free postage. Robert dropped them a quick note as he was headed back to Camp Chaffee, Arkansas following a 15 day furlough home in St. Joseph.

Description

The postcard Robert used for this quick note as he leaves Kansas City features a color picture of the William Rockhill Nelson Art Gallery, Atkins Museum of Fine Art. Robert is departing from a 15 day furlough home in St. Joseph back to his unit, Company A of the 216th Armored Engineering Battalion, currently stationed at Camp Chaffee on Fort Smith in Arkansas.

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Robert C. Spalsbury