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Envelope addressed to Luisa Guagneli from son

This is an envelope addressed to Luisa Guagneli when she was interned during WWII at Kingston Penitentiary. Enclosed in this envelope was a letter from her teenage son, Eugene Guagneli. The envelope is postmarked Dec 6, 1940 1PM at Niagara Falls, Ontario and also features the internment camp's censored stamp. Mail correspondence between internees and their families underwent a censorship procedure by the Internment Camps.

Luisa Guagneli was one of four women interned during World War II. Her son Eugene and her husband Arturo were designated as enemy aliens.