Reading Room

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  1. Two cream-colored handwritten sheets from the Carlton Hotel, St. Moritz

    The letter

    Letter

    DOC-LETTER-193826 November 1938

    Dolf’s letter from St. Moritz to Mutti

    Dolf wrote these two sheets to his mother from St. Moritz on 26 November 1938.

  2. Upright postcard reverse with a pencilled German message beginning Lieber Papa, signed Dolf, and an address to P. Reichenbach in Halberstadt

    Halberstadt and Wernigerode

    Letter

    RB-SCAN-049Undated; early twentieth century

    “Dear Papa” — a postcard signed Dolf

    A child writes to Papa: “I chose the card myself.” Signed Dolf; undated.

  3. Colour postcard illustration of a sailing ship colliding with a three-funnel steamship in rough, misty seas, with a printed artist signature at lower left

    Halberstadt and Wernigerode

    Letter

    RB-SCAN-050Undated; early twentieth century

    Collision in Foggy Weather — postcard picture

    The dramatic ship picture on the postcard signed Dolf.

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