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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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Associated Event
DeAutremont train robbery, 1923
Topic
The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
Covers & Letters
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_1985.0344.1