1947 Governor James H. Duff Pennsylvania National Guard Dinner Invitation For Sale

Original 1947 official invitation issued by Pennsylvania Governor James H. Duff and Mrs. Duff "To Honour The Pennsylvania National Guard," inviting U.S. Senator and Mrs. Edward Martin to a buffet supper at the Executive Mansion, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, on Sunday, August 17, 1947, at five-thirty o'clock. Features a gold-embossed Commonwealth of Pennsylvania coat of arms crest at the top head. Measures approximately 6 x 4.75 inches on clean card stock. An exceptional piece of mid-20th-century Pennsylvania political and military history connecting two prominent governors (Edward Martin and James H. Duff).

Transcription:

To Honour The Pennsylvania National Guard

[Gold-embossed Pennsylvania coat of arms crest]

The Governor and Mrs. Duff

request the pleasure of

Senator and Mrs. Martin's

company at a buffet supper

on Sunday, August Seventeenth

at five-thirty o'clock at the

Executive Mansion

Indiantown Gap Military Reservation

R.s.v.p.

Executive Mansion

D.S.T.