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Description
This postcard, dated May 1, 1945, is written from Kay Bogan in Meridian, Mississippi to her mother, Catherine F. Bogan in West Point, Mississippi. The note describes how good it was to see her recently and what her dentist appointment was like. The card is postmarked, Meridian, Mississippi, May 2, 1945 and includes a green one cent postage stamp. The front of the postcard is a cartoon depiction of a man wearing eyeglasses and a graduation cap with a tobacco pipe in his mouth and a book in his hands. The books is backwards and upside down and reads "How to be Smart". The title across the top of the postcard reads "This is CBS...The Columbia Broadcasting System" and "Tom Howard" is behind the cartoon man. The postcard description text on the back reads "Phillip Morris presents IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT...a hilarious quiz where Tom Howard and his daffy team of experts prove that it pays to listen! Tune In Every Friday!"
Publication Date
5-1-1945
Time Period
1940-1949
Subjects
Postcards; Correspondence
Keywords
Through the Lines: Letters From the Homefront, 1917-1945
Geographic Location
Meridian, (Miss.)
Object Type
text
Format (original)
Correspondence: 2 leaves
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MFM_MSS-693_1945-05-01_Letter_0001u
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Manuscripts Division, Bogan (William Neill, Jr.) Papers, Box 1, Folder 20-22
Repository
Manuscripts
Digital Publisher
MFM_MSS-693_1945-05-01_Letter_0001u
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
Bogan (William Neill, Jr.) Papers, Folder 20-22, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University