Letter from E. V. Rickenbacker to Eleanor Gehrig

Date1959 April 05

DescriptionA letter dated April 5, 1959 from Eddie "E. V." Rickenbacker to Eleanor Gehrig giving her permission to use his name as a sponsor of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Fund. The letter is typed on Eastern Air Lines letterhead.

Object numberBL-2001-01025

Subject Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Dimensions7.25 x 10.5 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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