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card, greeting

card, greeting

Catalog Number
2018.15.8
Description
White, rectangular greeting card from the Peoples State Bank, sent to Dick and Bouwina Smallenburg. On the front of the card, in black letters, it says "Congratulations! We see you are in-the-news Mr & Mrs Dick Smallenburg". On the inside is a newspaper clipping from the Holland Sentinel. The clipping shows the Smallenburgs touring Holland Hospital. On the page previous, it says "We always enjoy reading about the people in our community. Our compliments to you."
History
Dick Smallenburg (1893-1960) was born in the Netherlands in 1893 and came to Holland, MI in 1921. He worked for awhile as the private gardener of Walter Lane before beginning with the city in 1928. On July 23, 1922, Dick married Bouwina Veenstra in Holland, MI. They are buried in Pilgrim Home Cemetery. Bouwina F. Veenstra Smallenburg was born on 10-22-1897 in the Netherlands to Bront Veenstra and Cora Rairdan. On July 23, 1922, Bouwina Veenstra (1897-1993) married Dick Smallenburg in Holland, MI. She came from the Netherlands in 1922.
Gift of
Haveman, Sarah