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SpectrumNews1 – The University Heights branch of Heights Libraries recently received a surprising package in the mail.
“At first, I thought it was a picture book because it was this size,” said branch manager Sara Phillips.
It was a copy of Bob Dylan’s 1970 album “Self Portrait.”
“I just kind of burst out laughing when I saw the label inside,” said Phillips, who initially thought the record was a donation.
It was a return. Nearly 50 years late.
The record came with a letter. A man named Howard Simon, who now lives in San Francisco, California, borrowed the album when he was just 14 years old.
As a recent retiree, he writes, he had just gotten around to returning it.
