[Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to Lois Matlock]

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Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his sister, Lois Matlock, with an illustration of a tiny house in Cuba. The note on the reverse side of the card asks how she and the family are doing and says he is doing fine in Guantanamo, Cuba.

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1 postcard : hand col. ; 14 x 9 cm.

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Matlock, Milton Andrew 1911.

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Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his sister, Lois Matlock, with an illustration of a tiny house in Cuba. The note on the reverse side of the card asks how she and the family are doing and says he is doing fine in Guantanamo, Cuba.

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1 postcard : hand col. ; 14 x 9 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2015

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  • 1911

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  • June 10, 2016, 10 p.m.

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Matlock, Milton Andrew. [Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to Lois Matlock], postcard, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth752710/: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Murphy Historical Society Inc..

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