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Date actually unknown. My guess is early 1920s based on the sent-to address. Addressed to Grandma. Text below. |
"Dear [redacted], I rec. your letter. I will answer it latter. I am just sending this card to wish you a happy Easter and many more. Our teachers name is Miss Bednarck. I am 11 will be 12 on the 4th of April. I am in the 8th grade must close with love Verona."
I don't know who Verona was. My guess is that this card was part of a school pen pal project of some sort, as the girls (my grandma and Verona) seem to be introducing themselves to one another.
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March 28, 1921. Address slightly illegible. Guessing March based on reference to Easter. Addressed to a family member. Text below. |
"Friend [redacted], Rec. your letter am kept quite busy now. As it seems it will warm up at last. Well tomorrow is Easter so we had aught to have good weather. I guess Bill will write to you later. Talk about Xmas presents well I got a whole lot of good ones. We [?] rather dull. Did you think I needed one? Must close now & get busy as ever. Amanda."
Oddly, I don't know the male family member that this is addressed to. It's not my great-grandpa or one of my grandma's brothers. My assumption is that it was either my great-great-grandpa (unlikely) or one of great-grandpa's brothers. I don't know who Amanda was or what the heck she's talking about.
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June 6, 1921 Addressed to Grandma's elder sister. Text below. |
Scribbled above the actual greeting: "Please tell Margaret our address. I have not got much time. Hoping she will not be angry. I will write to her next [illegible]."
Then the greeting: "Dear [redacted], We have now moved and are fixed up just a little [illegible]. I will tell you our address. Have not got much time. From Martha Krause [address follows]."
This card was written in pencil, so it's very difficult to read 92 years later. I don't know who Martha Krause was, but assume she was a childhood friend. Same goes for "Margaret," who I know wasn't Grandma's other sister.
I wonder why Martha Krause had so very little time? I actually find it a bit amusing. Was there a bomb that she needed to go diffuse?
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October 26, 1921. No text on back. Addressed to Grandpa. |
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June 11, 1922. Addressed to Grandpa. Text below. |
"I am planning to go bathing here soon. It is only a short distance from where I am staying. H. Clippinger."
Once again, I don't know who the sender is. A family friend would be my best guess. I wonder what the "H" stood for. I prefer to think it was "Horatio" or something equally unusual.
2 comments:
These are fun. I love the lithographs. Can you remind me where these are being sent to? Michigan?
Grandpa grew up in Michigan. Grandma mostly grew up in Wisconsin. I think her family moved to Michigan some time in the mid-20s. I don't have any postcards from the 20s later than 1922. The ones of hers I have in the 30s were all sent to Michigan.
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