Moses Soyer letter to David Soyer

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Object Details

Creator

Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974

Soyer, David, 1928-

Subject

World War, 1939-1945

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

Letter : 1 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 23 x 15 cm.

Summary

Soyer writes to his son David who is away at summer camp. He includes illustrations of two horses, "Brownie" and "Whittey" and implores of David to be nice to a young Viennese refugee whom Ida (Soyer's wife) will be bringing to join him at camp.

Citation

Moses Soyer. Moses Soyer letter to David Soyer, 1940. Moses Soyer papers, circa 1905-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

1940

Record number

(DSI-AAA)3231

Type

Correspondence

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Moses Soyer papers, circa 1905-1974

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Animals

Illustrated letters

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_3231