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Title
Card from Helen Matsunaga to Remsen Bird, Christmas 1944 [12-25-1944]
Creator
Matsunaga, Helen
Date Created and/or Issued
1944-12-25
2005-04-18
Publication Information
Los Angeles : Occidental College Library, 2005
Contributing Institution
Occidental College Library
Collection
Japanese American Relocation Collection
Rights Information
Property and literary rights reside with the Occidental College Library. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Description
This is a brief Christmas card with holiday wishes and reflection on the times. "It is difficult to comprehend why man destroys and crushes beauty and happiness to bring only agony and sorrow; perhaps soon, man will tire of this heartbreaking folly." [Letter is transcribed, see 'transcript' field or click on 'page & text'.] [See Birds's reply Dbase #051]
Type
image
Format
Christmas card ; handwritten
image/jpeg
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt958037w3
050_kt638nc9ww
scjar01ea050_pg1-pg2.jpg
Language
English
Subject
Christmas cards
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Source
Occidental College Library;

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