Brooklyn Navy Yard Blog Post
The first of a series of blog posts that I wrote for the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been posted. Happy Women’s History Month! http://bldg92.org/blog/investigating-womens-letters/
Advice to Letter Writers
Some Advice from Ladies’ Home Journal about what to put in a letter to “Your Men In Uniform” – March 1943
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center
My parents went to see Sylvia’s letters on display @BLDG92 – the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center. The whole center is beautiful and engaging. Go there and support this great new … Continue reading
Knots of Love
This is a postcard that is currently on view at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center (@BLDG92)! Go see it in person! Alex Rosner A.S. Company 360 US N.T.S. … Continue reading
BLDG92 – The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center
Have you ever wanted to see these letters in person and not just online? Now you can at BLDG92 – The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center! Two of Sylvia’s letters are … Continue reading
Cock-Eyed Postcard
This sexist postcard is a fascinating artifact. A cross eyed, angry, large, curvy woman stares right out from the image. She assumes that her goofy, malicious sailor beau (framed behind … Continue reading
Polio Vaccines and Cottage Cheese
Below is a V-Mail from this day 69 years ago. Sometimes, what I can learn from one casual line in these letters simply astounds me. This V-mail was sent to … Continue reading
Droopydrawers
This letter from 1943 is written by Sylvia pretending to be Adrienne. It’s quite funny and, of course, mentions farting a lot. Sylvia (or, Adrienne, in this letter) also notes … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
Below is a letter to Alex that everyone in the family contributed to on New Years Eve, 1944-5. Some are written in Hungarian and Sylvia wishes for victory and the … Continue reading
Hurricane Sandy Love Letters
Hurricane Sandy left a trail of destruction along the East Coast of the United States. Oddly, and poetically, the hurricane also washed up a box of love letters written during … Continue reading
