Dear Sister. I thought I woud write a f-- lens hope you are oll well and we are the same (?). I dont like it here. Much to wood here. I dont think I staye here very long. I like it out east Better than here. I -- gowing to stay here very long. / Youre Brother George / Did you get that phone / and that Raszer / That telphone that is from -- irland --
Hope the "Little Girl" is asleep and the Mail Man won't ring the bell and wake the child up. / WillAlthough land had been promised to the Native Americans in exchange for their land in Southeastern Oklahoma, an 1889 proclamation opened the district to non-Indian settlers who, on April 22, 1889, could claim 160 acres of the coveted country.
Seattle, Washington/ Tues. Eve. / Dear Jackie:/ We got her this morning. The Local here said we could go out in a day or two. If I go to work here and if you want too. You can come up and we can stay here a couple of months and go back to Houston. Dawn O.K. How are you?/ Ans Soon Gen....I am thinking that the work might have been war-related at the Boeing factory in Seattle.
Carriage Entrance, N.Y. State Fair.Message:
Mama you had better come up to the Fair if you don't come up before, I hope you will be here for July 4. / Bertha and James
My dear that was the sweetest steamer letter and I appreciated it so much. Wish I could answer in so clever a way. We had many a laugh over the appropriate clippings.
The White House was designed by James Hoban. Washington selected the site, laid the corner stone October 13, 1792, and lived to see the building completed. John Adams was the first occupant in 1800.Did you watch Obama's speech last night? If not, the text (as prepared) is available on the Wall Street Journal website.
Visited the Crater of Kilauea and saw this mountain. CoraAccording to the U.S. Geological survey, Kilauea is possibly the world's most active volcano, with 34 eruptions since 1952. The latest eruption, in 1983, is ongoing. According to Hawaiian lore, Kilauea is the home of Pele, the volcano goddess. In 1893, Reverend William Ellis (no relation) was the first European to see the summit.
The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute with gondolas on the Canal. We have redden in the gondolas last night by moonlight. I wish you could see it too.More about the Church of the Salute.
Tuesday Midnight / Hi, / We piled ourselves and our luggage in and arrived here at 2 p.m. Monday. The thruway is fast. / We've seen two plays and done miles of walking through the stores. Not much buying, though. Love, M--The Rockefeller Observation Deck, now branded as "Top of the Rock," continues to be a major tourist attraction today.
You have here the picture you wrote about.I did not imagine I'd come upon another vintage altered postcard after posting this one. In a box of postcards from my in-laws, though, I found this treasure!
I do not like to have my picture "drawed"
but as you reported(?) --
Hard. Stern. Unforgiving old mug isn't it but it's me all the same.
