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1. 2014.21.3 - Postcard

   Postcard, 5" x 3 1/4", black & white, real image, Front- three women wearing long dresses standing in the front yards with picket fence between and trees in bloom. Back- written in ink, "Blossoms are out full force Trees just loaded Our little tree first time 14 autos in town here New ones Fords- Mike & Heck[?], L Stumpf, H. Heine Reos, Buick- H. Thurnau and Schnadt" in another handwriting- "Mrs. Oltendorf, Mrs. Kelly, Grandma O'Brien, Left to r...

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2. L75-4-6 through 7 - Letter

   "To Whom it may Concern" written by Louisa Shields, 1929 "It was the time the 3K's were on the rampage. I could hear them from my window, voices from the fields..." The Ku Klux Klan was active in this area at the time. They were targeting people of color and Catholics. As a response to this "rampage," Louisa Shields "took courage and asked the Catholic ladies whom I knew..." to begin the foundation of the formation of St. Peter Damian Church i...

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