Main street of Foxton, New Zealand, 1906 I got this card as it was a historic view of Foxton. Most of the card is taken up with the writer explaining they were too busy to write earlier … a common starting theme in many forms of correspondence I think (including my own!!)
Posts Tagged ‘Foxton’
Sending you a view of Foxton
Posted in friendship, just historic, tagged excuses, Foxton, streets on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Has he decided about his face yet?
Posted in friendship, tagged Foxton, health on January 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I originally purchased this postcard because of the Foxton subject matter, but it’s what’s on the back that is really intriguing. I originally thought that the vaccination might refer to influenza, but the major outbreak wasn’t until 1918. Based on some web searches I’ve done it seems likely that the vaccination might be to do with smallpox. The [...]
