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0821----1901 MCKINLEY INAUGURAL PARADE POSTAL CARD TO POLICE CHIEF SYLVESTER
Original postal card to Washington DC Chief of Police "Major (Richard)
Sylvester"
concerning permission to operate a lunch wagon during the upcoming Inauguration
Parade
of President McKinley.
"Mrs Ball" is seeking to operate a lunch wagon on north of Pennsylvania Avenue
on March 2-4.
Postal is dated Feb 25, 1901 and in very good condition.
Clearly addressed to Major Sylvester, who was a well known police official for
many years.
Materials and images used in research are for review only, and NOT included with
the item for sale in this listing.
You will notice two clippings concerning lunch wagon permits, one actually
appeared in the Evening Times,
the same day the postal was sent by Mrs. Ball.
Major Sylvester died just days after retiring in 1930.
I am going to run a lunch wagon 2nd, 3rd, + 4th of March.
Will I be permitted to stop on the numbered streets, north of Pa Ave.
except during parade. I would like to be on 11 St., near intersection of ??
Saturday afternoon + night. Will this be permissable?
Please let me hear at your earliest convenience + oblige, Mrs. Ball.
1121 I. Ave - Feb 25, 1901.
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