Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Typed letter signed : "Insulting Manor" [Hawaii], to Albert Sperisen, [1943 Jan. 26].

BIB_ID
373148
Accession number
MA 5142.76
Creator
Price, Robert Glenn, 1918-
Display Date
[1943 Jan. 26].
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 33 cm + envelope
Notes
Addressed to "Albert Sperisen / 1515 Russ Building / San Francisco, California" on the letter but "Private Albert Sperisen / Lockheed Vega Service School / 16-43---P38G / Burbank, California" on the envelope.
Envelope and letter may not belong together.
Envelope with postmark and seal; date is from postmark.
Price gives the following return address: "S/Sgt. Bob Price, 19083858 / 47th Fighter Sqd., AC / APO 959 / c/o Postmaster / San Francisco, Calif."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
Provenance
Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Explaining that his dog ate part of Sperisen's last letter; reporting that the dog "is now a full-fledged female. She had her first series of male dogs and it was a harrowing experience"; commenting on a short story Sperisen sent to him; describing "lei day" and reporting that high school girls did not give out leis this year because of "answers" that were "not always polite" from the G.I.s last year.