I note a mistake that Arnold makes, calling his Negro friend Hal May a 'boy' but his friend John Rowe a 'man'. The designation Negro, also, has fallen by the wayside, as has Colored (from the Fifties and Sixties) and sometimes also Black in favor of African-American.
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Jantzen was a coveted name-brand for t-shirts back in 1949.
Tuesday, February 22, would have been Washington's birthday, so Leonard, Pat and Laura had the day off from work/school.
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Laura's letter from the previous post was included with Hazel's letter here.
Apparently the Big T's mentioned in this and previous letters are Caltech yearbooks.
Arnold's brother Leonard is busy with his pre-med studies and Leonard's wife Pat is working to support the two of them and attending night classes.
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Little sister Laura writes to her older brother Arnold:
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Arnold is very enthusiastic about his studies and learning diagnosis and surgery:
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Flash is the family dog.
I find it interesting to see that there is a national discussion about nationalized medicine.
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A chatty letter from Bill Nevis to his son Arnold with family news:
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The Nevis family clearly enjoys the art exhibition "Berlin Masterpieces" at the Los Angeles County Museum exposition park. Entrance cost was 30 cents. The art work was stolen by Hitler and the Nazis of the Third Reich, recovered by the monuments men of the World War II Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, and eventually repatriated to rightful pre-war owners.
Leonard was an active athlete throughout much of his life — skiing, sailing, and hiking. Here he, his wife Pat and their friends take advantage of the recent snowfall in Southern California to ski at Big Pines in the San Gabriel Mountains.
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Bill Jarvis, who also goes by Foots or Footsie, catches up on mutual acquaintances from the Army Air Force.
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A rare snow fell in Los Angeles and Southern California over several days January 9 through 12, 1949. Here are two family photos from their home in Glendale.
Television parties are evidently now popular. In the 1940s televisions were not all that common in American homes, but they were clearly a growing trend.
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| Laura with snowball in front of a palm tree |
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| Laura playing in the snow, 501 East Mountain Street, Glendale |
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