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Bi-annual bump as we have over 1000 new members since the last one... Happy collecting!
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My father worked with Burdick at Crouse-Hinds in Syracuse, NY before the war and me.:D

Unfortunately he did not recall meeting him in person and Burdick never sent him a letter.:(

Burdick was born in 1900. There is a pretty concise bio of him on Wikipedia.
He was a young guy, early middle age anyway, when these letters were written.

My question, what is the source of the Burdick letters? And is there anyone around today who knew him. 60 years is a stretch, but it's possible.

lumberjack

The source of the letters was from the John D Wagner (no relation to Honus) collection. I got them in a Hunt auction 9 yrs ago. A good hobby friend alerted me to the auction and I think I won all of the lots except 1. I don't think it had Burdick letters in it. I gave my friend, a board member, one of the envelopes with a Burdick signature and he was happy. A win-win...
I would have to guess there are still a few people alive that met him, but not sure.
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