Rhode Island
Commercial & Illustrated Mail
S.W. Coggeshall Hardware
- Newport, RI - 1932 |
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Commercial cover from
S.W. Coggeshall, a Newport, RI hardware dealer. What
makes this cover so interesting to me is that Mr. Coggeshall lived in
the house right behind ours when we lived in Newport from 1951 to
1956. Although long retired, he was still quite active. Mr. Coggeshall
had a large Rhubarb patch in his backyard. When I was between 5 and 7
years old; I and several other hooligans used to raid "Old
Man Coggeshall's" Rhubarb Patch on a regular basis. Of course
we frequently got caught and earned a good whipping from our parents. |
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