Hand-drawn envelopes by Voyle Oliver Brunner

Letters to a daughter

Here is an index of images of the envelopes that Voyle Oliver Brunner sent to his daughter, Mary Alice, in 1933 and 1934 while Mary Alice was attending Western Oregon Normal School in Monmouth. Voyle was a telegrapher for the railroad during the Depression, and the artwork on the envelopes indicates when he moved from job to job. (watch for the branch breaking). The return addresses list only Brooks or Marshfield or Timber or Marcola, and the postmarks are R.P.O. - railroad mail.

March 30, 1933
Sept. 16, 1933
Sept. 20, 1933
Sept. 21, 1933
Sept. 26, 1933
Sept. 27, 1933
Oct. 1, 1933
Oct. 3, 1933
Oct. 10, 1933
Oct. 13, 1933
Oct. 15, 1933
Oct. 20, 1933

Oct. 24, 1933
Oct. 26, 1933
Nov. 2, 1933
Nov. 8, 1933
Nov. 27, 1933
Dec. 5, 1933
Dec. 11, 1933
Dec. 26, 1933
Jan. 22, 1934
Jan. 8, 1934
Jan. 18, 1934

Feb. 5, 1934
Feb. 6, 1934
Feb. 14, 1934
Feb. 20, 1934
Feb. 26, 1934
Feb. 27, 1934
March 1, 1934
May 9, 1934
June 2, 1934
June 6, 1934
Sept. 24, 1934
Sept. 28, 1934

Nov. 12, 1934
Nov. 15, 1934
Nov. 16, 1934
Nov. 21, 1934
Dec. 4, 1934
Dec. 7, 1934
Dec. 12, 1934
Dec. 16, 1934
Date unknown
Date unknown
Date unknown

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