Postcard from Lillian Gish, Chicago, Illinois, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1940 April 6 : autograph manuscript in two hands, signed by Gish and an unidentified writer.

Record ID: 
450654
Accession number: 
MA 4822.57
Author: 
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, sender.
Created: 
Chicago, Illinois, 1940 April 6
Credit: 
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description: 
1 item (1 page) ; 14.1 x 9 cm
Notes: 

Written on a color printed picture postcard of The Blackstone Hotel in Chicago.
Stamped, postmarked, and addressed: Mr. E.C. Wagenknecht / English Department / U. of Washington / Seattle, Washington.

Summary: 

Signed note from Gish telling him that they miss him and asking how he liked "Matthias Gish of White Oak" (i.e. "Matthias Gish of White Oak: The History of an American Family" by John Irvin Hamaker); with another note by an unidentified writer informing him that he missed a dinner of "liver and bacon with the world's most charming person."

Provenance: 
Edward Wagenknecht.