Ten Feet From Hell

Postmarked 10 June 1944
Clovis, New Mexico

Message:

Hi, does this postmark remind you of anything? We're having dinner in the coffee room, Clovis Hotel. Very nice. Have been seeing lots of pretty desert flowers and bushes (didn't pick!) My arms getting very brown from driving in the sun. Real stretch ahead - --- and straight. Not too hot, tho. Love, ---

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105 Years Ago: A Fine Day for a Drunk

Postmarked 12 October 1905
New York, NY

I wonder who Emma is and what she did!

What An A$$ #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?