About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_0576
  • TitleTelegram sending congratulations on a birth.
  • SummaryCongratulatory telegram on the occasion of the birth of Olga Nesi. Telegram has illustration of an orchid and reads: "Congratulations...BAYONNE, NJR...=MRS PETRI NESI = CALEDONIAN HOSPITAL PARK SIDE AVE BROOKLYN NY =WE ARE JUMPTING UP AND DOWN IN AIRY ABOUT SWEET GENTLE PRECIOUS OLGA MARY. LOVE = [first cousin] TERRY[,] EDDIE AND CHILDREN"
  • Date1962-09-17
  • Formattext
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, color
  • Genretelegrams
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date from document. Original photograph, 7 x 8 inches, digitized on March 08, 2016 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Olga Nesi at Boys and Girls High School. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • Creator[unknown]
  • SubjectChildbirth ; Birth customs ; Western Union Telegraph Company
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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