Mary Louise Eklund

Tag: Postcards from the Past

  • Monday Marginalia – Mattie’s Spurned Beau

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    Remember the interesting postcard from a spurned admirer?  The one to Mattie Longmire?  Well I found a follow up one that seems by the writing to be from the same admirer.  This one is from June 1908 in Lu___, Tennessee.  I couldn’t read the month on the other so I can’t tell you which comes first.  Again it’s hard to read the writer’s message, partly due to age, partly due to penmanship, partly due to cramming so much in there.  This one gets very creepy in a crazy stalker kind of way.  I’m not sure if that’s my modern woman mind alarms.  I’m thinking this after the ship card because he seems to say it was the 28th.  I’ll do my best.  So shall we continue the story of Mattie and her suitor?  As always if you can improve on my attempt at transcribing please let me know.  The comments are open below.

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    My Dear Little Girl Mattie,
    How are you by this time I am sorry you have to _____ for wash. If I had my say I wouldn’t let you do anything. I thought I would send you a lot of doges this time to match all the cats. (in pencil) Ha Ha (end pencil) I believe you said you thought more of dogs than you did cats. So you know I _______ to ___________. ____________ You live best I have been fl____ today been(?) hot and mad at the old nite (?) Flys they have been something my sister and I all with. They were dead. I have killed sveral of them today. (in pencil) by by you (end pencil)
    Well the lost letter came today to OGR I this to be a fool for I not the rich(?) man as he go__ ____ and was ___ not the 28th

    So why write to a gal about killing flies then go back and write in by by you? Same for the ha ha after the comment about the dogs on the front. It seems Mattie wrote a letter back. It appears she claimed it was a misunderstanding about dates. However our writer seems to think it’s the money the other many has. Oh and he had his dates right…. and is a good fly killer.

  • Monday Marginalia – A fine Violet Postcard

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    This is a lovely embossed design on the card. All the flowers are embossed to give them depth and texture. I just found it lovely and imagine it cost more than regular cards at the turn the of the century so I expect the Leo was trying to impress Freedy on her birthday. (more…)

  • Monday Marginalia – Now THAT’S an Auditorium

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    This post card didn’t catch my eye for the image as much as for the message on it.  The postmark is March 22, 1938.  The message reads as if it’s from a new housewife to her parents about the wonders of the big city.  Her handwriting was excellent.  I’m sure her ‘folks’ were proud.

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  • Monday Marginalia – Postcard from the Past

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    I purchased this card because it raised more questions for me than it had answers. Some time I might sit and make a story that has some fictional answers to them.

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  • Monday Marginalia – Season’s Greetings from 1933

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    From my postcard collection here’s a Holiday card from 1933. The interior and envelope are below. (more…)

  • Monday Memories – When Flying Was Fun

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    I got this card simply because it brought back good memories when flying wasn’t a humiliating human herding slog but instead an event, an adventure, and FUN! (more…)

  • Monday Memories – 1908 Ship Postcard

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    Hi, no I didn’t die. I have been dealing with a move, broken foot,  Mom’s broken leg, and connectivity issues in the country. Despite all of that I’m back and getting on schedule again.

    Let’s do another postcard from the past. This one hails from 1908. There are few things I liked about this one. First, the amount of message the person squeezed onto this single card. Second, it was sent from Springs Tennessee to Corryton Tennessee but it has a cruise ship on it. Thirdly, there is writing on the face. Fourthly, it is responding to an apology which is intriguing. So all these neat quirky features along with the fact it’s over 100 years old made it one I added to my collection to share with you. (more…)

  • Monday Memoir – Postcards From The Past – Guess Who’s having Fun In The Park

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    A bit risque for 1908! What’s the man doing with his hands behind that parasol that makes him smile so? Want to see more risque? Read the message on the back below…

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  • Memoir Monday – Postcards from the Past – Sweet Face

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    The required US legal disclaimer: All images are the property of their owners I reproduce them here under the Fair Use Doctrine of the copyright law for commentary and critique
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    The required US legal disclaimer: All images are the property of their owners I reproduce them here under the Fair Use Doctrine of the copyright law for commentary and critique

    Postmark: Ratclif, Texas Dec 7, 1908

    Addressee: Miss Mattie Longmire (the Mattie from my November 2nd post?) , Corryton, RFD #!, Tenn.

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  • Memoir Monday – Postcards from the Past

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    This Monday is a found Memoir from strangers. (more…)