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DeAutremont train robbery disaster cover

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Object Details

Associated Person

Hugh DeAutremont, American, 1904 - 1959
Ray Charles DeAutremont, American, 1899 - 1984
Roy A. A. DeAutremont, American, 1899 - 1983

Description

Cover with cornercard of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. - the Pacific Telephone and Telegraphic Co. general office in San Francisco, California. It was addressed to Jones & Dona[ldson?], Title Tr[missing], Portland, Ore[missing] and postmarked "Portland / Oregon / Oct 9 / 7 PM / 1923." The address was changed in red ink with strikethroughs of the second and third lines and additions written to the left, which read, "c/o F. A. Clarke / c/o W.A. Mass[missing]." Partial postmark on the back reads: " [...] 6 PM / 1923 / ORE." Then it was subsequently damaged during the DeAutremont robbery of the Ashland and Gerber Train Number 13 at Siskiyou, Oregon on October 11, 1923.

Credit line

National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Date

Postmark: Portland / Oregon / Oct 9 1923 / 7 PM

Object number

1985.0344.1

Type

Covers & Associated Letters

Medium

paper; ink (black, red) / typewritten; handwritten

Dimensions

8.9 x 10.2 cm (3.5 x 4 in.)

Place

Oregon

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Associated Event

DeAutremont train robbery, 1923

Topic

The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
Covers & Letters

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm886dcc990-3cf6-46ff-be8e-1a1bfe749726

Record ID

npm_1985.0344.1
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