The first item is a little letter from Dad, aged 6 to his dad, Bill. The envelope says "from buddy, for dear daddy", and it contains a sort of treasure map with little bits of brown paper pasted on top which say "stop" and "the end stop". I assume this is a combination treasure map and telegram. The envelope has Dad's mom, Marion's note on when it was "received". She was a scrupulous recorder and saver of letters, for which I am grateful.
The second item is self explanatory.
And finally, a nice photo of Dad, Ann, Bill and Marion taken in 1929. I think it might be visiting Marion's sister, Florence in California.
Stay tuned for more.
Amazing stuff Markie, thanks for compiling. Knowing that he would later be an engineer, it's interesting to see how complicated and structured 6 year-old Dad's doodling was!
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