This pretty, colorful card features a small cottage on a snowy hill, with carolers singing at the foot of the hill. A gilded moon rises over the trees. Just a lovely scene. May Christmas bring you Gladness and the New Year greet you with Success and Happiness Janet Kerr
This photo shows what some call an “transition era” dress. It has the dropped shoulder seams of the 1860s, but the apron and drape of the 1870s. It’s an excellent example of the transition away from the cage (hoop skirt) and toward the bustle. The photo mount has rounded corners, putting it in the 1870s, …
Here’s another colorful card, this time signed by Velma. Little choir boys lift their voices, And all the world today rejoices, May your heart sign bright and clear With joy today, and all the year.
A second greeting sent to Anna Chodl, this time from 1913. The card is again written in another language. You can see on the back that a stamp was once on the card, but it’s likely a philatelist removed it at some point. Note that the greeting includes the address (?) 3145 Russell.
I owed you a photo because I missed Monday somehow. Too many things going on, perhaps? :-) This image is identified as Jacob Black. I particularly like the penmanship – we just don’t see beautiful handwriting all that much anymore. My child at age 13 cannot write her entire name in cursive although she wants …
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