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Stamp collector, art collector, historical document collector; a typewriter. Not necessarily in that order.

Addressed to Alphia Wilbur Goreham (1894-1977). He was discharged 30 October 1919 and, less than a month later, married Libbie Ellen Sodan (1898-1963), with whom he had two children. He was a life member of the Veterans of the AEF, Siberia.

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β€œWho doesn’t in these times,” indeed. 1939 advertisement for Dr. Miles Effervescent Nervine tablets. β€œUse for: Nervousness, Sleeplessness due to nervousness, Minor Hysterical conditions, Nervous Headache, Nervous Indigestion, Travel Sickness.”

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Hab' heute meinen violetten Kunstfotografietag. Zukunft & Vergangenheit, Leben & Tod, Blume & Bie^^^Vogel. Ja, nu, hab keinen Bock raus. War so schΓΆn kΓΌhl und nass, dann gingen die Wolken und die Sonne kam wieder. Nervich. Ansonsten: Bistro Baguettes fΓΌr 1,49 im Angebot.

Verwelkte Blumen. Passionsdingens, die hübschen, ihr wisst schon.Vogel im Flug, künstlerische Fotografie. Nein, Spaß, ich Idiot hatte vâllig überbelichtet bei f/16 und einer Belichtungszeit von viel-zu-lange. Weißer Grund, schemenhafte Umrisse des Vogels.

United States Revenue-Marine: On this day in history, 236 years ago, August 4, 1790, the United States Congress, following the recommendation of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, established the U.S. Revenue-Marine as the first armed customs enforcement service. (1/4)

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Γ‰milie du ChΓ’telet, French Enlightenment mathematician & physicist (1706-1749); author of Institutions de Physique (1740), acclaimed translator of Newton's Principia. Portrait by Maurice-Quentin de la Tour, c. 1740 ChΓ’teau de Breteuil

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