Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Sept. 13, 1943

They buy perfume for his sister; I remember Missy LeHand on her birthday

While Lowell slept — he worked the third shift last night — Thelma cleaned the apartment. In the afternoon they went downtown and did several errands, including buying a bottle of perfume as a birthday gift for his sister Donnabel in the French Quarter. The perfume cost $2.45 — $43 in current dollars. They stopped by the Maison Blanche department store …