Italian Vintage Postcard, Illustrated By Tito Corbella

Italian vintage postcard, illustrated by Tito Corbella

Letter from Karyl Somerton et al. to the President

Collection LBJ-WHCF: White House Central Files (Johnson Administration)Series: White House Name Files

[[in cursive: LC which is underlined then the number 33 [two illegible letters below 33, incl file 9/14]]

3474 Hamlin Rd.

Lafayette, Calif.

Sept. 7, 1964

President Johnson

Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. President,

We are three teenagers who love the BEATLES! We have started a BEATLES Fan Club.

We have decided to make you an honorary member, if you would like to.

[underlined] We would like to have your permission to attend the press conference with the BEATLES when they come to San Francisco.

Inclosed [sic] is an article about what the BEATLES feelings are on the coming election.

Thank you for your time and effort.

Yours truly,

Karyl Somerton

Pres.

Alyce McConaughy

V. Pres.

Lynda Celstre

Sec.

Patti Somerton

Tres. [sic]

Edgar Allan Poe, from a letter to Mrs. Maria Clemm, July 1849

Are y'all familiar with The Woven Book of Hours? This is a prayer book woven in silk BY LOOM in the 1880s. More specifically, the punchcard-programmed Jacquard loom, making it the first digitally produced book. It is estimated that it took 200,000-500,000 punchcards to weave it.

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Programming Prayer: The Woven Book of Hours (1886–87)

An illuminated prayer book woven on mechanical looms programmed by punch card.