Letter Collection

First Draft of "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
(Original Caption) 1861- Washington, DC: Facsimile of the handwritten first draft of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. at His Desk
(Original Caption) Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, is shown seated at his desk. Photograph

Franklin Roosevelt
1936: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) the 32nd President of the United States from 1933-45

Way to toilet, Indic scripts, Tamil Nadu, India

Old lead letters forming the word Podcast

Old lead type for letterpress printing

Sailors demonstrating flag semaphore system

Pteris fern
Photo of an original Fine Lithograph from the Favourite Flowers of Garden & Greenhouse by Edward Step published in 1897 in London

At sign on a computer keyboard, symbolic image for the internet

Signal flag for the letter N, international maritime signal flag, international code of signals

Llanfair PG
circa 1935: Fifty eight letters in the name of a Welsh village means an extra long name board on the local railway platform. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Man's hand tossing paper into trash can
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Man's hand tossing paper into trash can

Elderly man, smiling, sitting on front porch step, reading letter
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Elderly man, smiling, sitting on front porch step, reading letter

Elderly man standing by fence in yard, opening envelope and taking out cheque
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Elderly man standing by fence in yard, opening envelope and taking out cheque

Druze Group Hold Flag on Israeli Road
(Original Caption) 05/02/1949-Hittin, Israel-: Here the Druze flag shows its ancient design, the Star of David, which the people claim carries over from the days of King Solomon

Canterbury Tales - The Summoner
The Summoner - who appears to be delivering a summons from an ecclesiastical court - a character in " The Canterbury Tales"

The word FAQ, made of old lead type

The word sale, made of old lead type

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American women's rights pioneers, Susan B. Anthony, standing, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, seated, read a letter, circa 1890. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Chicago Postman
(Original Caption) 1891-Chicago, IL: Letter carrier in Chicago, 1891. Photograph by Krausz. BPA2# 2936

Slate Alphabet Tablet
(Original Caption) A horn book made of slate. 17th Century. BPA 2 #554

First Letter Carried by Pony Express
(Original Caption) Facsimile of the first letter carried over the plains by the Pony Express, bearing the news of the election of President Abraham Lincoln. November 8, 1860. BPA2# 5157

Girl Sending Her Out Her Valentine
(Original Caption) Loveland, CO- SIx-year-old Susan Moon, drops a valentine into a special mail box constructed for St. Valentine's Day in Loveland

Last Words of Carole Landis
(Original Caption) Landis Case. "Film Star's Last Word's." Los Angeles, California

People standing in line holding letters

Close Up Of A Mail Box
(Original Caption) Picture shows a 34 view of a US postal mail box close up. Undated photo circa 1950s

Bellamy, Dunne, Dale, And Grant In Movie
From the 1937 film The Awful Truth

Sequoyah, after a Painting by Charles Bird King
(Original Caption) Sequoya (1770? - 1843) made study of his own Cherokee language, shown here with his Cherokee syllabary. Undated Photograph. BPA 2 #3276

Type Page Featuring The Letter Q
(Original Caption) Alphabets, letter forms: Type page features the letter "Q." Luca Pacioli, Divina Proportione, Venice, 1508. Engraving, printed by Paganino Paganini. BPA2# 3932

The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David
(Original Caption) Painting, "The Dead Marat, " by Jacques-Louis David, 1793. BPA2# 1017

Page from a Letter Written by Grace Brown
Page from a letter written by Grace Brown to Chester Gillette

"Mad Bomber"
A letter sent to the New York Journal American. Information in the letters led to the capture of George Metesky in Waterbury, Connecticut. Police said he confessed that he was the long-sought bomber

"Mad Bomber"
A letter sent to the New York Journal American. Information in the letters led to the capture of George Metesky in Waterbury, Connecticut. Police said he confessed that he was the long-sought bomber

Closeup Round Arangement Typewriter Keys
(Original Caption) Nicely composed close-up of the round arrangement of type keys on a typewriter. Undated photograph. (Photo by �� Bettmann/CORBIS/Bettmann Archive)

Copy of Letter Written by George Washington
A portrait of George Washington appears on a copy of a letter written by him in Ben Perley Poore's book Types of Mind: or Facsimiles of the Handwriting of Eminent Persons

World War I American Soldier Writing Letter in Trenches
(Original Caption) France: His letter home may be composed under these difficult conditions and in a concealed "cranny" of this sort

Papyrus Roll with Epistle to the Hebrews
A papyrus roll of the Epistle to the Hebrews, written in ancient Greek, dates to the 3rd-4th century A.D

Armand Hammer Aboard Ship 1922
(Original Caption) 06/13/1922-New York, NY: Dr. Armand Hammer, who has a letter from Lenin saying he is very much better and it is signed "Regards, Lenin." Hammer is shown aboard the S.S

Bombing of the Home of Joseph Falzone
Bombing of the home of Joseph Falzone at 1357 De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, December 8, 1929. Mary Falzone, 15, Philip Falzone, 13, and Rose Falzone, 11, were killed

Men and Women Empty Sacks Of Mail
Workers from Philadelphia American League of Baseball sort through ticket requests to the upcoming World Series

Baseball Player Babe Ruth Reading His Fan Mail
(Original Caption) Just as Babe Ruth is all ready for the ball game, in comes the mailman with a bunch of letters from his thousands of youthful fans

Ira Smith, Chief of the White House Mail Room
Ira Smith found his duties as Chief of the White House Mail Room increased enormously when Franklin Roosevelt became President

Prisoners Gathered for Vaudeville Show
(Original Caption) 1/1/1935-San Quentin, CA- Picture taken during the annual New Year's vaudeville show at California's state prison

Page One of Letter from Charles Lindbergh
(Original Caption) An expression of gratitude by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh for the "efficient" work of Colonel H

Page Two of Letter from Charles Lindbergh
(Original Caption) An expression of gratitude by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh for the "efficient" work of Colonel H

Margaret Mitchell Reading Wires
Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, reads written and wired congratulations in her home in Atlanta, Georgia, following announcement that the novel had won the Pulitzer Prize

Mrs. Stella In A Radio Interview
(Original Caption) 11/21/37: Mrs. Stella Crater in a radio interview says she received a letter from a Mrs. Atwell who says she has seen Judge Crater

Emerson Christie Holds Magnifying Glass
(Original Caption) 11/29/1939- Emerson B

Letter on a Postal Scale
(Original Caption) A letter resting on a postal scale. Undated photograph

Man Lying on M-G-M Bed
Photo shows a man sleeping on a bed with the letters M-G-M on the side. Model: Byron Halstead. Ca. 1940s-1950s

Woman Reading Letter
(Original Caption) Photo shows a young woman reading a letter with the envelope in her hand. Model: Lydia E. Houg. Ca. 1940s

Elderly Woman Writing
(Original Caption) Photo shows an elderly lady writing a letter to her son in the service. Model: Mrs. C. Lee Reynolds. Ca. 1940s-1950s

Infantryman Writing Letter
(Original Caption) 8/20/1941-Camp Polk, LA- Members of the 25th Infantry (all-Negro regiment), which has served in many wars and at various far-flung posts since its organization in 1869

Woman with Service Flags in Window
A woman reads a letter while leaning in a window displaying U.S. Navy service flags

Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to James Landis
Eleanor Roosevelt's resignation letter to James Landis, giving her reasons for leaving the Office of Civilian Defense

Chart Showing Frequency Of Letters
(Original Caption) 8/16/1942-This chart shows the frequincy with which letters occor in the English Language

Veronica Lake Mailing a Letter
(Original Caption) 12/6/1942-New York, New York- First thing Miss. Lake did on her day off in New York was to mail a letter to her husband, John Detlie, and Elaine, her 14-month-old daughter

Woman Writing V-Mail Letter with Baby Picture
(Original Caption) 6/25/1943- The latest V-mail innovation permits you to send baby's picture to daddy at the front

Frank Sinatra Singing To Lone Woman
(Original Caption) 1/5/1944-New York, NY: Sinatra solos student: Frank Sinatra sings to an audience of one, Rita Stearns, 17-year-old Washington, D.C

Soldiers Sharing Letter
(Original Caption) 3/1944-Italy: Greater love hath no man than that he share his mail from home with his buddy. Pfc

Soldiers Seated and Read Letters
(Original Caption) 4/16/1944-Italy: Sgt. Charles Glasco, Westchester, PA (l) and Sgt. Audrey Barnes, Chicago, IL, read mail from home in their cave shelters on the Anzio beachhead in Italy

Troops Seated, Reading Letter
11/14/1944-Italy: members of a 105-mm gun battery on the Fifth Army front in Italy, catch up on the mail from home between spurts of action

Secretary Filing
(Original Caption) Secretary in front of filing cabinet, filing letters. Photograph ca. 1945. BPA2# 3383

Child Reaching into Mailbox
(Original Caption) A small child, June Metzger, reaches up to place a letter in a mailbox on a street corner. Ca. 1945-1960

Soldier Writing Letter Home
(Original Caption) A member of a 240-mm gun crew that is tossing heavy shells across the Rhine into German positions, Pfc

V-E Day Spelled Out by Navy Recruits
(Original Caption) 5/8/1945-Camp Peary, Virginia- Activities at U.S. Navy training centers paused only momentarily with the official announcement that Germany had surrendered to the Allies

Tyrone Power Typing a Letter
(Original Caption) 6/15/45-Saipan: Like all men away from home, Marine 1st Lt. Tyrone Power, former film star, spends his free time on Saipan Island typing a V-mail letter to his wife, Annabella. Lt

Marine Private Reading Letter from Fiancee
Marine Private First Class Patrick J. Carr, stationed in Okinawa, Japan at the end of World War II, smiles as he reads a letter from Stella Norek in which she consents to marry him

Clair Boothe Luce Reading a Letter
Representative Clare Boothe Luce drinks a cup of tea while reading a letter

McCarthy Opens Congratulatory Telegrams
Circuit Judge Joseph McCarthy, of Appleton, 37-year-old former Marine Captain, opens congratulatory telegrams in his quarters, after his primary election victory over Senator Robert LaFollette, Jr

Vasco Da Gama Presents Letter To King
(Original Caption) Vasco da Gama presenting a letter from the King of Portugal at the Court of Calicut, 1498. Engraving after a painting by Galgado

Reading Letter Scene In "Little Women"
(Original Caption) Marmee, played by Mary Astor, reads a letter from their father to her four girls, Jo, portrayed by June Allison, Margaret O'Brien as Beth

15Th Century Hospital Scene
(Original Caption) Letter of Indulgence accorded by Francois Du Bueil De Saucerre Archbishop of Bourges (1520-25) to the benefactors of the Hotel de Dieu. (Hospital scene)

Desmond Tutu Holds Up Freedom Letter
(Original Caption) 1/8/1986- Washington, DC- South African Bishop Desmnd Tutu holds up a copy of The Freedom Letter during a demonstration outside the South African Embassy 1/8

Posting A Letter
A well-dressed man posts a letter into a US Mail mailbox in Delivery Zone 22, USA, circa 1955. The mailbox was made at the Carlisle Foundry in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Money Troubles
A woman reads through her business mail and bills with an expression of anxiety, circa 1940. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Successful Businessman
A businessman in a suit on the telephone, circa 1940. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Business Correspondence
A young businessman signs a letter at his desk, on the 16th of the month, circa 1940. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Helpful Businessman
A businessman in a suit prepares to write on a piece of paper, circa 1940. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Literary Garden Party
(Original Caption) 8/20/1924-Here is a noteworthy group of some of the most prominent men of letters of England and Ireland at the Garden party

Beethoven's "Immortal Beloved" Letter
Second portion of a love letter written by composer Ludwig van Beethoven on July 6, 1806. The letter was written to an unknown woman, whom Beethoven called his "immortal beloved."

Theodore Roosevelt Seated & Reads Letter
(Original Caption) Theodore Roosevelt, wearing boots and seated with his legs crossed, reads a letter

Woman Seated Reads Letter Dove Watches
(Original Caption) Ca. 1890-1920-A woman happily reads a letter that an attentive dove brought to her. She is seated on a luxurious couch in an elaborately decorated room

Cartoon of Alexander III Writing Letter by Frederick Burr Opper
This political cartoon depicts Alexander III writing a letter of condolence to President Garfield inside a prison cell

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