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Title
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Letters, June 29, 1911_001
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Alternative Title
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Letters, June 29, 1911
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Date
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June 29, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am-002
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Transcription
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1 Berlin 2.1. June 29th: Thursday: Heigh-ho! we have put as much into the last two days, as in the
entire two weeks on the ocean. It's great sport too! We landed at seven Tuesday evening,
amid the usual accompaniment of confusion, band-playing and flag-waving. There was
a crowd of people on the dock, watching us come in; some to meet friends. The first
thing after landing was the customs, and this was such fun. There was a great long
building with a counter behind which the luggage was collected as soon as brought
from the boat. This was done by means of trucks, pulled by horses on a narrow track,
dumped unceremoniously off piece by piece, but with the unamerican precaution of a heavy mattress on the floor to break the fall, and then distributed by hand trucks to the various compartments, lettered from A to Z. There were very
few names beginning with C, apparently, and we did not have to wait as long as some.
The customs-officers were in green uniforms. They would ask one to open grips & trunks,
glance at you & then at the luggage; ask if you had
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Rights
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