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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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I can’t tell exactly what the year is but I’m guessing it’s 15?Report
Looks like 22 to me, which would make this unusual. According to the National Archives page on the subject US passports were only required for a brief period during the Civil War, for part of the period 1918-1921, and after 1941. Might have needed them to get into the destination country, I suppose.Report
Okay, I’ll go with y’all’s judgment on the year.
And, yeah, that would make that unusual. Functionaries gonna function, I guess.Report
Functionaries gonna function
Ideally.Report
Looks like 22 to me. The mid 1910s comics had a different style.Report
Oddly enough, it went almost exactly like this when I applied for a replacement at the US consulate in Toronto last year. It was much easier than I’d expected because I lost the original and thought I’d have to make some sort of sworn declaration, but the woman laughed and said: “Don’t worry- if some terrorist tries to use your lost passport, we’ll know it wasn’t you!” Which, I guess, was a relief…Report