Mrs. Gunn's Diary: Jan. 17, 1942
They shop at Gimbel's and see two more Broadway plays
In New York City with two girlfriends for the weekend, Mrs. Gunn bought two dresses at Gimbel’s (future Christmas hangout of Buddy the Elf), some play books — we’ll learn she is an amateur playwright — and saw two more Broadway plays, managing to purchase tickets even though the theaters were “jammed [with] everyone trying to forget the war.”
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The vintage postcard of Herald Square shows Gimbel’s on the left. It is being offered by a dealer on eBay.
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