Villreid Place

Earlier this month I found the below postcard for sale on Ebay and bought it. On the back it states: "Modern Duplex Apartment, home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Reid." The Villreid Place appears to have been a small apartment complex at one time. It was located at the corner of North Fifth and … Continue reading Villreid Place →

Hide the Naughty Stuff From Mom! A Hilarious Monroe Letter.

This little one paged, water-damaged letter was written in the Garden District back in 1954 (Scroll to the middle of the page). https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/article/gerrit-lansing-papers It is from a collection of the poet Gerrit Lansing, housed at Yale University's Special Collections. It is written from a man in Monroe who signed the letter, "William Faulkner". He informs … Continue reading Hide the Naughty Stuff From Mom! A Hilarious Monroe Letter. →