BIB_ID
450742
Accession number
MA 4822.88
Creator
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1948 October 8
Credit line
Purchased Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 7.3 x 5.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Date and place of writing from postmark.
Postmarked envelope reads: Mr. and Mrs. E. / Wagenknecht / 233 Otis St. / 233 Newton, Mass. / Newton - Mass.
Written on one of Gish's personal calling cards.
Lillian Gish's mother, Mary Gish, died on September 17, 1948; Glenn Hughes's play, Starring Gish, opened in Seattle on October 7, 1948.
Postmarked envelope reads: Mr. and Mrs. E. / Wagenknecht / 233 Otis St. / 233 Newton, Mass. / Newton - Mass.
Written on one of Gish's personal calling cards.
Lillian Gish's mother, Mary Gish, died on September 17, 1948; Glenn Hughes's play, Starring Gish, opened in Seattle on October 7, 1948.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Thanking him for his note of sympathy (on the death of her mother), writing that the play (Mrs. Carlyle) opened successfully the previous night and that "Mr. Hughes seemed happy."
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