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Image Not Available for Letter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenback
Letter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenback
Image Not Available for Letter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenback

Letter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenback

Author (German, 1866 - 1940)
Date5 March 1937
Object numberANMS0537[012]
NameLetter
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest
DescriptionLetter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenback handwritten in German on John Hagenbeck / Shipchandler & Stevedore's letterhead paper. Dated 5 march 1937, the letter mentions there has been a lot of press about Oskar lately, and that he, Hagenback, has just purchased some elephants.