Correspondence and manuscriptsRB-PHO-0196

Fred closes his shipboard verse with wishes for Margarete and Dolf

This second leaf ends the verse written to Margarete aboard the S.S. Manhattan and signs it “Ihrem Fred, Le Havre.” Fred wishes her well for Dolf and the course of her life. The page documents the 1937 crossing, but the writer’s full identity remains unknown.

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English translation

From my heart I wish you every good thing for Dolf and for the course of your life. For I found you, truly, to be an artist of life. Your Fred Le Havre.

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-0196
Date
3 March 1937
Digital image
1600 × 422 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
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Image treatment
Publication derivative from the accessioned scan or archive photograph; orientation verified; no generative alteration.

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Reichenbach Family Archive. “Fred closes his shipboard verse with wishes for Margarete and Dolf.” 3 March 1937. RB-PHO-0196. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0196.

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