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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

A New Kind of Hobby

 December 29, 1963, Appleton Post-Crescent

Mr. Kurowski's hobby reminds me of ham radio operators who mail each other postcards to acknowledge their contacts. And it's also reminiscent of having a pen pal.  I had known of service members who would exchange audio tapes with family members during long absences from home.  But I didn't know there was an established hobby with its own label for its members...tapespondents.  

1 comment:

  1. I've never heard of "tapesponding" before, but it looks like Harry had a quite a few good years of tapesponding ahead of him after this article was published:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200674265/harry-joseph-kurowski

    I wonder what ever became of all those tapes!

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