103-Page Proposal -- Helen Caristo displays 90-foot (CQ) long letter proposing a Christmas marriage that she received form Pvt. Joe Pellegrino in Korea. The letter consisted of 103 pages, cost 80 cents to mail, and took two hours to read. Helen accepted the marriage proposition in an 18-page reply.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

103-Page Proposal -- Helen Caristo displays 90-foot (CQ) long letter proposing a Christmas marriage that she received form Pvt. Joe Pellegrino in Korea. The letter consisted of 103 pages, cost 80 cents to mail, and took two hours to read. Helen accepted the marriage proposition in an 18-page reply.

Associated Press · [ca. October 1952]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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