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Ilse Leembruggen

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Illustrated letter from Ilse ‘Racki’ [Leembruggen] [1921]
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Letter from Valla Karplus (née von Lieben) to her sister Ilse Leembruggen (née von Lieben)

Valla Karplus, recipient: Ilse Leembruggen
8 October 1890
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Letter from Valla Karplus (née von Lieben) to her sister Ilse Leembruggen (née von Lieben)

Valla Karplus, recipient: Ilse Leembruggen
27 March 1896
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Incomplete letter from Valla Karplus (née von Lieben) to her sister Ilse Leembruggen (née von Lieben)

Valla Karplus, recipient: Ilse Leembruggen
[April 1897]
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Letter from Valla Karplus (née von Lieben) to her sister Ilse Leembruggen (née von Lieben)

Valla Karplus, recipient: Ilse Leembruggen
4 March 1900
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