[Postcard from Maurine Matlock to Felix Reeves]

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Postcard from Maurine Matlock to her uncle Felix Reeves telling him that she thought she'd write a few lines since she has "not heard from [him] in a long time." She says that her and the family are doing fine and are expecting someone soon but their child "has the chicken pox and measles." The image on the front of the card shows a bald eagle holding an American flag in its talons with a poem written underneath."

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1 postcard : col. ; 14 x 9 cm.

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Matlock, Maurine 191X.

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Postcard from Maurine Matlock to her uncle Felix Reeves telling him that she thought she'd write a few lines since she has "not heard from [him] in a long time." She says that her and the family are doing fine and are expecting someone soon but their child "has the chicken pox and measles." The image on the front of the card shows a bald eagle holding an American flag in its talons with a poem written underneath."

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1 postcard : col. ; 14 x 9 cm.

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Matlock, Maurine. [Postcard from Maurine Matlock to Felix Reeves], postcard, 191X; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth752420/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Murphy Historical Society Inc..

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