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- Elizabeth Parke Firestone Feeding Monkeys in a Park, South Africa, 1936 - Elizabeth Parke, the daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois, businessman, was an adventurous young women who had studied in Europe. She married Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., in 1921, and continued to travel frequently for both business and pleasure. Elizabeth enjoyed trekking through jungles and sleeping in grass huts in exotic locales as much as she relished dining in sumptuous hotels with royalty.
- 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Elizabeth Parke Firestone Feeding Monkeys in a Park, South Africa, 1936
Elizabeth Parke, the daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois, businessman, was an adventurous young women who had studied in Europe. She married Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., in 1921, and continued to travel frequently for both business and pleasure. Elizabeth enjoyed trekking through jungles and sleeping in grass huts in exotic locales as much as she relished dining in sumptuous hotels with royalty.
- QSL Card from ZS5BF (W. H. Tittley, Durban, South Africa) to W6DQZ (Hamid Durmisevich, Los Angeles, California), April 11, 1953 - It was customary for ham radio operators (hams) to exchange these "QSL cards" with one another through the mail after their first conversation. Long-time hams amassed collections of thousands of cards, some from far-flung places. There is a story embedded in each example: the ham's call sign dominates the design, with additional details about location, reception reports, and weather conditions.
- April 11, 1953
- Collections - Artifact
QSL Card from ZS5BF (W. H. Tittley, Durban, South Africa) to W6DQZ (Hamid Durmisevich, Los Angeles, California), April 11, 1953
It was customary for ham radio operators (hams) to exchange these "QSL cards" with one another through the mail after their first conversation. Long-time hams amassed collections of thousands of cards, some from far-flung places. There is a story embedded in each example: the ham's call sign dominates the design, with additional details about location, reception reports, and weather conditions.