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1925-6 vintage PERRY FAMILY locke ny DETROIT mi FARM LIFE AUTOMOBILE LETTERS lot
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Original 1925–1926 handwritten Perry family correspondence with original mailed envelopes. The letters connect members of the Perry family in Locke, New York, with correspondence involving Detroit, Michigan. Names visible include Flora Perry, Franklin Perry, Mary Perry, and Albert Perry.
This is a content-rich group of personal letters documenting everyday family and working life during the mid-1920s. The correspondence discusses family news, relationships, work and money, farming, crops, machinery and tractors, automobiles, travel, illness and health, and activities in and around Detroit.
Several letters provide particularly interesting firsthand commentary on farm economics and working conditions. Albert writes about farm work, planting and cultivating, machinery, wages, income, expenses and the difficulty of making money farming. Other passages discuss automobiles and driving, including references to traffic and cars around Detroit.
The correspondence also contains extensive family material, including discussions of marriage, children, relatives, visits, illness, church activities, social life, employment and plans for the future. One 1926 letter to Albert Perry is written from 118 Chandler St., Adrian, Michigan.
Original envelopes accompany the correspondence. Visible postal features include Detroit, Mich. postmarks, 2-cent Washington stamps, registered-mail markings and slogan cancellations including “LET\'S GO! CITIZENS\' MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS.” One registered envelope has multiple stamps and retains its registered postal markings.
A strong original family correspondence group for collectors of 1920s social history, genealogy, New York history, Detroit history, Michigan history, agricultural history, farm life, automobiles, postal history and handwritten letters.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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