Mail Art: LUPUS, Chicago, Illinois to Vagrich Bakhchanyan, New York, New York, CIRCA 1980 December 15
Scope and Contents
Cover from the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St Louis, Missouri. Cover ornamented with fingerprint in green paint. Rubber stamp in brown ink: sketch of flamingo. Additional Christmas themed postage stamps from the American Lung Association featuring different states on reverse. "Please NOTE pretty stamps" handwritten in blue ink. US Letter sheet enclosed. Collage of one dollar bills with chickens instead of Washington's portrait, flower doodles, and address for an auto associate store in Pennsylvania. Sheet covered in finger painting with green paint. LUPUS business card stapled to sheet. Hand-written inscription on reverse in blue ink: "Dearest Vagrich these are the last dollars Im [sic] sending so please don't ask for more. Lupus".
Dates
- Creation: CIRCA 1980 December 15
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Language of Materials
English
Russian
Physical Description
1 cover; 1 enclosure
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository