Sunday, August 8, 2010

What An A$$ #1

Donkey 1

Postmarked 18 May 1909
Wahoo, NE

Message:

I am going to come home Friday. Mr. Walton said that I could if I got my work so I shall be very busy from now on. Hope we can go to the play. How can we manage it? I am so anxious. I just got ready for the class play. I am afraid that it is going to rain. Coming soon?????? B.E.S.
I have a number of postcards from the first decade of the 1900s featuring donkeys. It's a little mystifying to me why their images were so popular. I don't have anything against donkeys, mind you! I just wish I understood the symbolism. On this card, the idea of of packing for a trip combined with a pack mule/donkey makes sense, but others don't have such a clear meaning. I'll share some more with you in future entries!

Don't you wonder what kind of work B.E.S. did? And what kind of plays she was involved in?

2 comments:

Christine H. said...

It is mysterious. I can't explain it either. I am reading a book entitled, Life and Death are Wearing Me Out. It's given me a whole new perspective on donkeys :)

Aimee Dars said...

I hadn't heard of that book, so I looked it up on Amazon - sounds interesting, but I think the review gave it all away!

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