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Emily Katherine |
Each of the 12,739 dolls sent to Japan in 1927 carried a letter from the sender in America. This section contains a few of these letters:
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Letter with Emily Katherine (see photo at right) - This doll went to Sakihama Elementary School in Kochi Prefecture.
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Letter from Fannie Pio in Montclair, New Jersey | Japanese translation of letter
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Letter From Class of 10-year-old Boys in Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Letter with Martha Heath - Sent to Osawa Elementary School in Saitama Prefecture from Sunday School in New Hampshire.
When Japan sent Friendship Dolls to the United States in order to express their deep appreciation for the American Blue-eyed Dolls, many Americans responded with letters of thanks. Here are some of them:
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Thank-you Letters for Miss Kagoshima - sent to the Governor of Kagoshima Prefecture by the Governor of Arizona and by the Director of the Arizona Museum (the museum that originally received Miss Kagoshima from Japan)