Christmas Card from Captain Al Musick to Frank Speakman
Dateca. 1935
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions5 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (13.6 × 10.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.437
DescriptionA signed Christmas card from Captain Al Musick in Pego Pego Bay, Samoa to Frank Speakman in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the top of the frame, there is a plane that has landed on the water. There are lush mountains in the background. The rest of the frame is a holiday card with a printed message below the airplane. Written on front, "Capt. Musick's Clipper in Pego Pego Bay, Samoia [sic]" The message on the back, "Dear Frank, I have been transferred down here to open this run from Hawaii to New Zealand. This is certainly a wonderful place here, but a rather small harbour for our boats. May be down here three years. how is every thing in the big City of Albuq? How is the wife remember me to her. If you drop me a line my address is c/o P. ? Pago, Pago, Samoa. As ever, Al."
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