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Post office mailing receipts

  • 1937 – 1945

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Receipts for mailed packages from 1939-1945, postmarked in New York City, New York, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Likely receipts for packages sent by Max Bredig (1902-1977) to friends and family in need during the second world war.

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  • 9 items
  • 10.25 cm W x 6.25 cm H
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series II: Max Bredig Papers, 1911-1968
  • Series II: Sub-Series I. Max Bredig Correspondence File, 1926-1958
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  • Box 9, 1, 10, Folder 8, 23, 17

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United States Postal Service. “Post Office Mailing Receipts,” 1937–1945. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 9, 1, 10, Folder 8, 23, 17. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/7gu2us9.

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