One Year

Postmarked ?

Today, George and I are celebrating our first anniversary. This seemed like a fitting card to mark the occasion.

I Want What I Want

Postmarked 23 January 1912
Crothersville, IN

Message:

Hello, J.G. - Why don't you write I am waiting for an ans. to my letter. -Elizabeth

On first glance, this is a nice postcard. A photograph of a lovely young couple framed by an intricate floral border. But then, the caption: "I Want What I Want When I Want It." The caption indicates that the couple may not be so loving, and the woman not so willing, suggesting if not rape, an unwanted persistence.

Funny to see that the message, then, is written by a persistent girl or woman asking J.G. to please give her an answer. But what was the question?