Photo of Dorothy Brooks Writing a Letter to Her Son Ellsworth ("Elzie"), Christmas 1968
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Photo of Dorothy Brooks Writing a Letter to Her Son Ellsworth ("Elzie"), Christmas 1968. Elzie Brooks was serving in the Vietnam War at the time. The Brooks family lived in Coleman, MD. This photo was sent to Elzie along with the letter and was later found in a small green photo album that Elzie kept of his time in Vietnam. The back of the photo says "Christmas 1968 Mom writing letter to you, sitting in living room". December 25 1968
English
color photographs
Black Communities - Coleman, The Lives and Families of Chesapeake Heartland Oral History Initiative, Vietnam War military personnel, Christmas and Holiday gatherings and celebrations
African American women, Rural African Americans, Christmas, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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