Record ID:
349763
Accession number:
MA 8563.1
Credit:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 8.9 x 13.9 cm + envelope
Notes:
Envelope with stamps and postmark and addressed to William Cole at Knopf in New York. Location of writing inferred from return address.
Postal card illustrated with a photograph of "Imperador D. Pedro II Petropolis."
Part of a collection of letters of Elizabeth Bishop to William Cole; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary:
Thanking him for a book; mentioning that "this rather Santa Claus man" illustrating the postal card is the last emperor of Brazil; hoping her next trip to New York is less rushed than the last.
Provenance:
Carter Burden.
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