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Postcard 9 – Lovelights – Ask Papa

peratt_hoochDecember 17, 2023Postcards

A difficult-to-read 1909 note from a sender in Cordell, OK to Miss Laura Peratt in Dill, OK

Postcard 8 – A Secret Admirer?

peratt_hoochDecember 17, 2023Postcards

This “friend” tended to send several notes and postcards to the yet-unwed Miss Laura Peratt. I believe it is the same person who signs as “C.S.” and also, sometimes, as Clifford. The front of this card, while torn, is truly beautiful to see in person. The copper areas are embossed with some sort of a…Read more

Postcard 7 – 1909 Easter Wishes

peratt_hoochDecember 17, 2023Postcards

A 1909 postcard from an unknown cousin (so far!) to Miss Laura Peratt.

Postcard 6 – “Bless you old friend!”

peratt_hoochDecember 17, 2023Postcards

A 1914 note between in-law families – Lula Peratt to Maggie Houchens, mother of Jesse, Sammie, Harold, and Ermine.

Letter 2 – “Dearest (new) mother”

peratt_hoochDecember 17, 2023George Pepperdine College, Letters, Ontario, California

A letter from a newly engaged Doris Wilson to Lula Peratt. Hoyt and Doris met at Pepperdine College (now University) and Hoyt was a member of the first 4-year graduating class. Doris would have just turned 20 years old at the writing of this letter in 1939.

Letter 1 – A business trip to Chicago

peratt_hoochDecember 16, 2023Cordell, Oklahoma, Letters, The Dixie

A letter from Lennie Peratt, Laura’s younger sister, from a 1915 business trip to Chicago. She is writing to the girls who work at the Dixie Dry Goods about the latest fashions she is seeing and experiencing.