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Telegram from William Valentiner to Frida Kahlo, May 6, 1933

Telegram on yellowed paper with typewritten text in blue and blue letterhead. The letterhead has three distinct sections: in the center, there's a graphic of the globe in an inverted triangle, on the left is a box with preprinted information with receipt information rubber stamped in, on the right is a box with the following preprinted information: POSTAL TELEGRAPH, THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, [Box with preprinted information] This is a full rate Telegram, Cablegram or Radiogram unless otherwise indicated by signal in the check or in the address. DL DAY LETTER NL NIGHT LETTER NM NIGHT MESSAGE LCO DEFERRED CABLE NLT NIGHT CABLE LETTER WLT WEEK END CABLE LETTER RADIOGRAM" Form 16 Written underneath telegram: Telephone Your Telegrams to Postal Telegraph.
Creator
William Valentiner
Recipient
Frida Kahlo
Language
English

Overview

This is a telegram from William "Wilhelm" Reinhold Valentiner (1880 to 1958). Valentiner was a German-American art historian and museum director. Valentiner, director of the Detroit Institute of Arts at the time, commissioned Diego Rivera to create the Detroit Industry murals between 1932 and 1933.

Original Document

Telegram on yellowed paper with typewritten text in blue and blue letterhead. The letterhead has three distinct sections: in the center, there's a graphic of the globe in an inverted triangle, on the left is a box with preprinted information with receipt information rubber stamped in, on the right is a box with the following preprinted information: POSTAL TELEGRAPH, THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, [Box with preprinted information] This is a full rate Telegram, Cablegram or Radiogram unless otherwise indicated by signal in the check or in the address. DL DAY LETTER NL NIGHT LETTER NM NIGHT MESSAGE LCO DEFERRED CABLE NLT NIGHT CABLE LETTER WLT WEEK END CABLE LETTER RADIOGRAM
Page 1, Telegram from William Valentiner to Frida Kahlo, May 6, 1933; NMWA, Archives of Women Artists; The Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers, 1930-1954
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Transcription

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[Letterhead]

RECEIVED AT
908 EIGHTH AVENUE CIrcle 7-7077-8- [rubber stamped]
STANDARD TIME INDICATED ON THIS MESSAGE

NA42 14=US NEWYORK NY 1146A MAY 6 1933
FRIEDA RIVERA=
BARBIZON PLAZA HOTEL NEWYORK NY=

THANK YOU THOUSAND TIMES FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURE GREETINGS
WISHES TO YOU AND DIEGO=

WILLIAM VALENTINER.
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