General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

5

Total Parts

24

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

28.0 cm

Width

21.5 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

KELLY

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Texas

City

Frost

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Texas

Period

letter is dated Oct. 1, 1918 & refers to recent event

Canada

Unknown

Function

letter from the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Frost, Texas thanks Lieut. James for dropping leaflets from an airship over the nearby town of Blooming Grove asking residents to participate in an auction for a turkey named Col. Jake, the proceeds to go to the Red Cross.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

letterhead reads: "PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY/THE FOREMOST NEWSPAPER WESTERN NAVARRO COUNTY/THE FROST STAR.JAMES E. KELLY, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.CORA KELLY, ASSISTANT EDITOR.PRINTING/THAT PLEASES OUR PATRONS/A MODERN PRINTING PLANT CONDUCTED/ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES/ADVERTISING/THAT BRINGS RESULTS?; body of letter reads: "FROST, TEXAS, 1/19, 1918/Jieut. James,/Canadian Royal Flying C orps,/Everman Field, No. 2, Ft. Worth./Dear Sir:/This letter is rather late in reaching you, but as the old adage,/it is better late than never, I write you these few lines on behalf of/the people of Frost, and the Chamber of Commerce of which I happened to be/the secretary, extending to you their heartiest thanks for you (sic.) kindness in/making a flight over our town and bombing the town of Blooming Grove with/literature for the benefit of the Red Cross. Your distributing circulars/in Blooming Grove stimulated the people of that district to such a point/that when the turkey was auctioned off last Saturday it brought $802/05,/the proceeds to go for the benefit of the local Red cross. To about half/the population your flight was the first ever seen, and in fact, to many,/it was their first time to ever have the privilege of seeing an airship./The cadet that was compelled to land here left behind him many warm firends./Your presence in the city, together with that of your companions, brought/forth the highest praise from our people, as it was the talk of the town/as to your perfectly gentlemany (sic.) conduct and your extreme politeness./Again allow me to thank you on behalf of the people of Frost and the/Chamber of Commerce for your kindness xx(sic.) shown, and you may rest assured/there is a warm welcome always awaiting you and your companions within the/portals of this little city./Yours very truly,[signature in ink] James E. Kelly/Publisher"

Missing

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Finish

letterhead is black printed lettering on white background; body of letter is blue type written lettering on white background

Decoration

none