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Letter from C.L. Dingley, manager of the Perpetual Care Department at Mountain View Cemetery at the terminus of Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, CA dated May 24, 1939. The stationery features an illustration of the cemetery's main gates at the bottom of the page, the slogan "Within these gates is a true service born of need," and a list of services available. The text of the letter, addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth F. Moore in Watsonville, CA, concerns payments for perpetual care of a cemetery lot.
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