Title:
Letter to W. H. O'Gara from Mabel Dunlap, March 1, 1944
Record Group Number:
RG3658.AM
Collection:
January 12, 1888 Blizzard Club
Location:
HQ 02/22/07/03
Box:
Box 2
Folder:
Folder 11
Contributing Institution:
History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/
Creator:
Dunlap, Mabel Freeman
Contributor:
O'Gara, W. H.
Date:
1944-03-01
Description:
Letter to W. H. O'Gara, written by Mabel Dunlap who remembers sheltering with family during the January 12, 1888 blizzard. She also provides information about a "thump box", a sort of early telephone that allowed communication between two locations.
Language:
eng
Subject (Topics) :
Blizzards
Source (Names):
Dunlap, Mabel Freeman
Source (Names):
Freeman, Burdette B.
Source (Names):
O'Gara, W. H.
Source (Places):
Fontanelle (Iowa)
Source (Places):
Brown County (Neb.)
Source (Events):
Children's Blizzard of 1888
Source (Temporal):
1940s
Source (Temporal):
1880s
Format-Extent:
3 pages
Format-Medium:
correspondence
Format-Medium:
reminiscences
Type:
Text
Relation:
Original
Rights:
This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at History Nebraska. For more information contact: hn.web@nebraska.gov
File Format:
TIF
Date Digital :
2021-06-24
Identifier:
RG3658b002f011i0047-0049
