103-Page Proposal -- Helen Caristo displays 90-foot (CQ) long letter proposing a Christmas marriage that she received form Pvt. Joe Pellegrino in Korea. The letter consisted of 103 pages, cost 80 cents to mail, and took two hours to read. Helen accepted the marriage proposition in an 18-page reply.

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Title:
103-Page Proposal -- Helen Caristo displays 90-foot (CQ) long letter proposing a Christmas marriage that she received form Pvt. Joe Pellegrino in Korea. The letter consisted of 103 pages, cost 80 cents to mail, and took two hours to read. Helen accepted the marriage proposition in an 18-page reply.
Title (alt.):
Letters
Description:
[Information from item housing] Letters
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. October 1952]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Correspondence
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 256 x 210 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/b5648290t
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001410_0051
Barcode:
39999088103591