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1920s vintage CHARLES PARSONS FAMILY LETTERS elgin il needham ma TELEGRAM
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AI-assisted description: This listing was created with the help of AI tools using visible details from the item. Handwriting interpretation and historical context may contain minor errorsโplease review photos carefully.
A substantial and highly personal archive of Parsons family correspondence and related material, dating primarily from the 1910sโ1930s, with strong geographic ties to Elgin, Illinois and multiple Massachusetts locations (Waban, Rutland, Worcester, Needham).
The lot includes:
- Numerous handwritten letters (many multi-page, detailed content)
- Western Union telegram and envelope
- Postmarked envelopes with clear addresses and names
- Hotel stationery letters (notably Hotel Mark Hopkins, San Francisco, and Commodore Hotel, New York)
- A Certificate of Baptism (Nova Scotia) for Ida Sophia Jane Burge (born Oct. 28, 1882)
- An oval portrait photograph identified on reverse as Alice Fuller Pratt White (born June 19, 1867)
- Additional candid photograph of a couple with a child
Identifiable individuals include:
- Chester G. Parsons (frequent recipient; 911 Douglas Ave, Elgin, Illinois)
- Mrs. Ada J. Parsons (Belmont, Massachusetts referenced via telegram)
- Additional correspondents referencing family members such as Alice, Fred, and others
Content highlights:
- Personal family updates, health discussions, and travel
- Mentions of hospitals and recovery (New York City reference)
- Domestic life, children, and daily routines
- Travel narratives including California (Stockton, San Francisco, Los Angeles)
- Social visits, holidays, and family relationships
The material offers a rich, continuous look at a mobile early 20th-century American family network, connecting Midwest and New England roots with cross-country travel.
Condition varies with typical age wear: folds, toning, edge loss, and handling. Some envelopes opened roughly or incomplete.
Provenance:
This material is part of a larger family archive with documented connections to the Parsons family. Related items from this broader group are being listed separately unless otherwise sold.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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