Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Feb. 9, 1943

They mail Valentines to their families;

With Lowell working from 3 to 11 p.m. today, Thelma slept late. She got the Valentines they had bought into the mail, made caramels and did some baking. She spent the evening listening to the radio while she ironed clothes and wrote a letter, again waiting up for Lowell to get home.

This is an example of a 1943 letter, with a 3-cent stamp Susan B. Anthony stamp commemorating women’s suffrage, found on eBay.

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