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SeriesCorrespondence and manuscripts
English translation
United States Lines — On board S.S. Manhattan — 3 March [1937] Dear Mother Reichenbach, First of all I wish you a truly good day, since today I shall no longer see you, because we are already standing in port. Everything passes eventually, even the loveliest voyage, and from all the swing and bustle there remains only memory. Surely nothing will be forgotten of the Washington and the Manhattan, which brought us safely and in one piece to the U.S.A. Though the sea was sometimes rough, our spirits never suffered. And whether at bridge, bingo, or “horse-racing,” the “witch” was always on top!
Working English reading prepared for the Reichenbach Family Archive. The original letter image is public; the separate translation screenshot is private and not published.
- Archive reference
- RB-PHO-0195
- Date
- 3 March 1937
- Digital image
- 1600 × 861 pixels
- Evidence status
- Primary family correspondence
- Source and provenance
- Family-held letter on United States Lines stationery, signed ‘Ihrem Fred’ at Le Havre.
- Credit
- Reichenbach Family Archive
- Rights
- No separate reuse license is recorded; contact the archive before reuse.
- Image treatment
- Publication derivative from the accessioned scan or archive photograph; orientation verified; no generative alteration.
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How to cite this object
Chicago-style suggested citation
Reichenbach Family Archive. “Fred begins a shipboard verse for Mutti Reichenbach.” 3 March 1937. RB-PHO-0195. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0195.
Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0195