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PRESENTED HERE IS AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL JULY 31, 1935 PERSONALLY HAND-SIGNED & ENTIRELY HANDWRITTEN LETTER SENT FROM NOW INFAMOUS DIONNE QUINTUPLETS PHYSICIAN DR. ALLAN ROY DAFOE; TO HIS DEAR FRIEND LEGENDARY AMERICAN NEWSPAPER GOSSIP COLUMNIST & RADIO NEWS COMMENTATOR WALTER WINCHELL!!!!!THE LETTER IS WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL MAGNIFICENT & RARELY SEEN "THE DIONNE QUINTUPLET GUARDIANSHIP" LETTERHEAD; FEATURING A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 5 INFANT GIRLS!!!DAFOE MAILED THE LETTER DIRECTLY FROM THE GUARDIANSHIP FACILITY IN CALLENDER, CANADA!!!!!INCLUDED WITH THE LETTER IS AN ORIGINAL 1936 TIME, INC. WIRE SERVICE PHOTOGRAPH THAT DR. DAFOE PERSONALLY SENT TO WINCHELL IN A SEPARATE FOLLOW-UP MAILING; SHOWING DAFOE HOLDING INFANT WALTER WINCHELL, JR.!!!BOTH ITEMS ORIGINATE FROM THE PERSONAL ESTATE OF WALTER WINCHELL, SR.!!!!!THE ENTIRE LETTER WAS WRITTEN IN BLACK FOUNTAIN PEN INK RATING MINT 10!!!OVERALL CONDITION OF THE 91 YEAR OLD PAPER EPHEMERA LETTER RATES VERY FINE WITH JUST MINOR "CRINKLING" TO THE LOWER LEFT CORNER REGION!
OVERALL CONDITION OF THE 90 YEAR OLD ORIGINAL WIRE-PHOTO RATES VERY FINE.
LETTER MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 8.5" X 11" STANDARD SIZE.ORIGINAL WIRE SERVICE PHOTOGRAPH MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 8.5" X 6.5"
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