The first of the many post cards from the collection of my great-grandmother, Jessie Burrows Benton.
Postmarked Long Branch, New Jersey, July 26, 1907
Miss Jessie Burrows
University Ave
Wichita Kans
Jessie:
Nice breeze here always the water all time wet. I heard Manuel & Deses were back home. Mr. Hawarel is taking back your school. Micheal Alare Casino Ind Band. Micheal Alare but a big band of lots 50 pieces goin swimming every day. Hey, this is what I call fun - you splash me & I splash you. Well hows the quakers. Still eating oats. Now send me a card from Wichita you see & don't put it off.
Michial
6 comments:
What a wonderful card! Thank you so much for sharing. I'm sure there will be more. Any idea who Michial was? What an unusual name, or perhaps an unusual spelling of Michael.
I see the postage was 1 cent, thus the name, "penny post card"
Judi, I have no idea who the people are. Jessie is my great-grandmother, but the others I don't know. I think they may have been music students of hers. Quakers is a reference to Friends University in Wichita which they lived right next to.
You have some lovely treasures her..what wonderful keepsakes of a time long gone by:)
Hey Nate! I'm slowly catching up on all the blog posts I missed while I was away from internet access but it seems to me the card reads "Micheal", as in "Micheal Alare", and not "Michial". :)
This really answered my problem, thank you!
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