TLS, one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, no date [circa 1949]. Ladd writes to a fan named Billie. In part: “Thank you for your nice letter, and for sending me your picture. I shall put it in my scrap book…. It was very interesting to know about your family, and I hope your Daddy is soon back at work again. It is very kind of your Mother to care for those two little boys. So many little children don’t have homes, it’s too bad that more families can’t help them get the environment they need. David is now beginning to walk, and is real chubby. Alana is now five years old. She had a birthday party last week and has talked about nothing else since…. Sorry I can’t write a longer letter now, but we are so busy at the studio, working on ‘The Great Gatsby,’ and then when I’m not there, we make the transcriptions for our radio show, ‘Box Thirteen’….” In fine condition. R&R COA.
