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Postcard to Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend from Willa Ann Hadley Townsend

March 30, 1916

Paris, Henry County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A postcard sent to Dr. Arthur M. Townsend from his wife, Willa A. Townsend. The front of the postcard carries a printed tribute to fathers titled "Dad, Here's to You." The back of the postcard is used, with the black printed text [POSTCARD[feather]] at the top center and a vertical dividing the printed text [CORRESPONDENCE] on the left and [ADDRESS] on the right. In the handwritten correspondence, Willa tells her husband she just arrived in Huntingdon, Tennessee and wishes him well. In the upper right quadrant is a postmark and a green stamp.

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.74

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