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[Letter to Clara Breed to Katherine Tasaki, Poston, Arizona, July 15, 1942]
Maker
Tasaki, Katherine
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsH: 10.5 in, W: 6.5 in (sheet) H: 3.875 in, W: 7.1875 in (envelope)
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Y. Yamada
Object number93.75.31DH
DescriptionTranscription:
July 15, 1942/Dear Miss Breed, /Thank you very much for the books./I have read 2 books, and they are very nice. I reading another book and it is a very intresting book. /I like the poems too./I certinly get my tounge curled when I try to say: /Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers./Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?/If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Wheres the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?/anybody could say that slow, but we have to say it fast./Last night we saw lightning, but it did not rain/The other night it did, but in the morning it was all dry./Say "Hello" to everyone for me./Yours Truly,/Katherine Tasaki;1 letter and envelope from Katherine Tasaki to Clara Breed.
July 15, 1942/Dear Miss Breed, /Thank you very much for the books./I have read 2 books, and they are very nice. I reading another book and it is a very intresting book. /I like the poems too./I certinly get my tounge curled when I try to say: /Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers./Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?/If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Wheres the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?/anybody could say that slow, but we have to say it fast./Last night we saw lightning, but it did not rain/The other night it did, but in the morning it was all dry./Say "Hello" to everyone for me./Yours Truly,/Katherine Tasaki;1 letter and envelope from Katherine Tasaki to Clara Breed.
Tasaki, Katherine
1943
Tasaki, Katherine
1943
Tasaki, Katherine
1942
Tasaki, Katherine
1944
Tasaki, Katherine
1944
Tasaki, Katherine
1942