Object record
The closing wishes Margarete well ‘for Dolf and the course of your life’ and is signed ‘Ihrem Fred, Le Havre.’ The letter documents a 1937 Atlantic voyage before the family’s later escape.
SeriesCorrespondence and manuscripts
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
- Medium
- Not yet recorded in the public catalog
- Physical dimensions
- Not yet recorded in the public catalog
- 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.
- Custody history
- A separate custody history has not yet been recorded; see the source and credit fields.
- 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.
Permanent citation
How to cite this object
Chicago-style suggested citation
Reichenbach Family Archive. “Verse for ‘Mutti Reichenbach’ aboard S.S. Manhattan — leaf 2.” 3 March 1937. RB-PHO-0196. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0196.
Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0196