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Graeff, Susan Prowell, (1890-1967) to Leonard Eugene Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.469.02 Author/Creator: Graeff, Susan Prowell, (1890-1967) Place Written: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 30 August 1945 Pagination: 6 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated August 30, 1945. Concerning a boy named Billy Heck son of Viola Lutz who sold special evening editions of The Evening News concerning the victory over the Japanese. He sold them on a train from Harrisburg to Altoona, Throughout Altoona and then sold the same papers again on the train ride from Altoona back to Harrisburg as the papers had been left on the train. He made a profit of 11 dollars.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963

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