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@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ original envelope with its 2 cent stamp. The letter has a number of references t
 children. Peter was Louis; Polly was Edith; and the 'little black rascal' referred to Maurice.
 Miss Saville was the nurse at the Nome Hospital that was mentioned in the article by Inez in
 the family newsletter two years ago.
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 Nome Alaska August 26, 1923
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 My Dear Ethel et al.
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 I don't know when I did write or when you did
 but I am going to write now however and never
 the less. But I wish I could talk (I can yet but I
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ and Polly sit up and listen and that little black
 rascal of yours would fairly sparkle with
 listening. Can't I see him listening now to all the
 yarns we told last summer?
+[photo of people on a frozen body of water with icebergs and a boat]
 You see, we-Miss Saville and I, took a trip north
 on the Buford and it was very interesting. We
 went north thru the Bering Strait into the Arctic and as far as the Ice Pack. There the captain
@@ -33,7 +37,6 @@ along the icebergs and the walrus were 'heisted' on board by the use of the cran
 tons of freight and the beasts were so huge that they made the pulleys just creak. They were
 over 12 feet long, as big around as three cows, had no feet but toenails on their flippers or
 flappers, no head but their body just suddenly ended with a hole for a mouth and big bristles
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 all around it similar to a currycomb in coarseness; no ears but huge tusks of ivory. They are
 the most repulsive looking animals imaginable and tho I have always read about them I never
 expect such disagreeable looking creatures. They had a rough brown hairy skin and some of
@@ -76,7 +79,6 @@ us talk. Miss Saville talked quite a bit. Any how if you folks don't like this I
 all I had to write about and I know Buster'ud listen anyway and I'd soak ole Peter's head if he
 didn't and Polly would in my lap and I don't know much about the youngest one of yours so
 likely he would be squawling. But we did surely enjoy our trip and were gone just long enuf.
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 I expect there were 150 passengers on board and almost or more of the crew and helpers. We
 had a stateroom down next to the kitchen and 'twas pretty fierce for odor at times.