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Title
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Letters, July 8th, 1911_012
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Alternative Title
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Letters, July 8th, 1911
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Date
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8-Jul-11
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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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12 about, pointing out things & discussing them. Friday we started for our trip in the Black Forest. The train left at 7:15, so we were up early. The transportation system, however, had been disturbed by a broken water main & by the time we reached the station there was one minute left. German trains always start on the minute & are never late arriving. Nevertheless Dr. Downey rushed for the tickets & the rest of us tore upstairs to the platform, just in time to see the train start! There was another in an hour, so we made the best of it & waited for that one. The way led into the mountains & the scenery was so like our own, we could scarcely realize we were not at home: deep valleys, tree-covered slopes. The great difference, however, was in the character of the houses & villages. Instead of unsightly, rough board shanties with unkempt men & untidy women & children lounging about the streets & saloons, there were neat plaster or stone houses with sloping red-tiled roofs, or the still quainter ones, built with turf
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Rights
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