Postcard #0132: Willetts — E. P. B to Harvey

Front of postcard #0132: Color illustration of a young couple in winter attire. The man on the left wears a black coat, red tie, and flat cap, lo

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Back — 9-16-09. I wonder if this will make you smile. No-yes. or Yes-No. E. P. B.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: ILLEGIBLE
  • Sent To: La Harpe IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Publisher: Edward Gross, New York, New York
  • Print Origin: Printed in America
  • Stamp: NOT VISIBLE — Stamp is missing, but the printed stamp box outline is visible.
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
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Postcard #0130: young woman in a white blouse and large red hat with a dark , Carthage, IL — E. P. B to Harvey, November 1909

Front of postcard #0130: Color illustration depicting a young woman in a white blouse and large red hat with a dark feather, smirking as she hold

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Back — 11-7-09 We have recd our share of the storm all right. Enough that I didn’t get to go to # 55 church, Am slightly blue, wish there was some one I could tease. "Dont you know" E. P. B.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: CARTHAGE, ILL., NOV 8 1909
  • Sent To: La Harpe IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Publisher: EDWARD GROSS / MOFFAT, YARD & CO., N. Y.
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
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Postcard #0127: La Harpe, IL — December 1909

Front of postcard #0127: Illustration of a young girl with dark hair and a pink dress sitting atop an ornate mantle clock with hands pointing to

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Back — 12/31/09 Yes I guess so!

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: LA HARPE, ILL., DEC 31 1909
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Publisher: H.S.S.
  • Print Origin: Printed in Germany
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
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Postcard #0124: woman with voluminous, La Harpe — H. R. S to Pearl, September 1909

Front of postcard #0124: Sepia-toned illustration of a woman with voluminous, dark Gibson Girl-style hair, looking directly at the viewer through

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Back — 9/27/09 Yes. I guess so. Know I would. H. R. S.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: LA HARPE, SEP 28 1909
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
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Postcard #0121: Sepia sketch showing a woman in profile on the right wearing, Carthage, IL — E.P.B to Harvey, August 1909

Front of postcard #0121: Sepia sketch showing a woman in profile on the right wearing a cap. On the left is a colonial-era interior scene featuri

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Back — wish u would get those photo postals as soon as u got the autograph card or rather will get it. Nell is ready to go home so ta-ta E.P.B.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: Carthage, Ill., AUG 30 1909
  • Sent To: La Harpe IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Print Origin: Printed in Germany
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
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Postcard #0120: man and a woman sitting closely together on a rock, Carthage, IL — September 1909

Front of postcard #0120: Sepia-toned illustration of a man and a woman sitting closely together on a rock, fishing under a large, glowing full mo

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Back — This does not suit the occasion as it should but I guess it will do. Better this than none at all I guess Spose. "O. you kid."

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: CARTHAGE, ILL., SEP 20 1909
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Publisher: The Ullman Manufacturing Co., New York
  • Stamp: 1¢ — Features portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Postmark cancellation lines cover the stamp.
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
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Postcard #0117: Lomax, IL — Minnie Powell [?] to Pearl, April 1909

Front of postcard #0117: Color illustration depicting a man in a grey suit and a woman in a long white dress holding hands under a large tree at

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Back — Hello well how are you I am all O K hope you are the same. well kid I am shut up with the mumps & measles one of the twins died of measles & the other one is very bad today & she is [?] about dead well kid it is so sad. well @ present I am on the go all every day full of force well write soon & more of it to me some of your news [continued at top:] so do well & write back [?] to me [illegible] so by by from your true friend Minnie Powell [?]

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: Lomax, Illinois, APR 14 1909
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Publisher: The York Music Co., New York City
  • Print Origin: Printed in Germany
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~25 miles
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Postcard #0115: Hamilton, IL — or Lester to Pearl, June 1908

Front of postcard #0115: Color illustration depicting a humorous scene where a young woman in a white dress has fallen out of a multi-colored pla

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Back — Hello Kiddo. How are you am feeling fine Picter [?] are [?] ready. or Lester.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: Hamilton, IL, JUN 18 1908
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Publisher: T.E.L. "Theochrom"
  • Print Origin: Printed in Germany
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
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Postcard #0114: portrait illustration of a dark-haired woman looking forward, Euclid — Martha to Pearl, September 1909

Front of postcard #0114: A portrait illustration of a dark-haired woman looking forward. She wears an elegant dark coat with a white fur collar,

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Back — Dear Kiddo: card recd. asking me to write. Wrote long ago but have been waiting for an answer. am very busy as I’ve just got home, but will write a long letter. Weather fine, just little frost. how are boys? mother father baby and yourself? we are all well, Hugo is not home. With love. Martha

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: EUCLID, MINN, SEP 28 1909
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Publisher: Reinthal & Newman, New York, New York
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~530 miles
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Postcard #1097: A. KIRBY REAL ESTATE, Dallas, IL — S.H to Pearl, July 1909

Front of postcard #1097: Sepia-tone photograph of the First National Bank in Dallas City, Illinois. The three-story brick building features arche

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Back — Rec’d your card I am very sorry that you can not go to B. I had a fine trip in view for a crowd of four, H.B. and his girl and you and I, see. [sideways in blue ink:] Place marked X is Telephone office. Views of Dallas continued. Ever, S.H.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: DALLAS, ILL., JUL 3 1909
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
  • Notes: Message written in two colors of ink; handwritten "X" on front image marks the telephone office mentioned in the message.
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Postcard #0113: Wellington, KS — W.S.N to Pearl, December 1909

Front of postcard #0113: Elegant illustration of couples in 18th-century attire dancing at a ballroom gathering. In the foreground, a lady in a f

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Back — 12/28/09 Wellington Ks. A friendly remembrance with kind regards. W.S.N.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: Wellington, KANS., DEC 28 1909
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~400 miles
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Postcard #0112: Spooning in Hamilton!, Hamilton, IL — L. B to Pearl, October 1908

Front of postcard #0112: A color illustration of an elegant couple embracing in a formal parlor. The woman is wearing a light blue/white evening

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Back — Oct 29-08 Hello Pearl thought I would surprise you. L. B.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: Hamilton, ILL., OCT 29 1908
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Publisher: United Art Publishing Co., New York City, New York
  • Print Origin: Printed in Germany
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
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Postcard #0111: Hamilton, IL — Peter Matrimedy [?] of T. B to Pearl, July 1908

Front of postcard #0111: Cream-colored novelty postcard featuring four small cloth bows affixed in the corners (light green/blue, pink, orange/re

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Back — Hello Pearl – how are you. im fine and dandy only a little hot. Peter Matrimedy [?] of T. B.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: Hamilton, ILL., JUL 27 1908
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~15 miles
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Postcard #0109: Angus — M. S to Pearl, February 1907

Front of postcard #0109: Comic illustration of a woman in her dressing room angrily throwing a cosmetic powder container at a man who is peeking

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Front — Is this so Pearle? I hope this won’t happen to you. We have some fine weather at present. Say Pearle is it my turn to write? I don’t know I’m so mixed up. We’re going to have a dance Feb. 22. in the Hall at Angus, I wish you were here. Love & kisses to a friend so true. Lovingly Yours. M. S.

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Postcard Information

  • Postmark: ANGUS, MINN, FEB 19 1907
  • Sent To: Carthage IL
  • Era: Undivided Back (Pre-1907)
  • Publisher: J. I. Austen Co., Chicago, Illinois
  • Stamp:
  • Distance Traveled: ~550 miles
  • Notes: message written on front instead of back
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