Dear [sister?] Alice We were very pleased to hear that you were getting better. We have buried the baby [?] this afternoon and every thing went off very nicely. Give our love to Mr and Mrs Palmer and thank them for their sympathy. [unfortunately I can't make out what's written across the main message]
Posts Tagged ‘postcards’
Thank them for their sympathy
Posted in bereavement, tagged bereavement, funerals, postcards, sympathy on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fabulous book featuring postcards
Posted in books about postcards, tagged beth sometimes, books, postcards on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got my own copy of this earlier this month – very excited! From Sometimes Love Beth: An adventure in postcards Beth Sometimes ISBN 9780980637809; 288pp; October 2009; $29.95 From her new home in Central Australia, on the eve of 2008, postcard author Beth Sometimes embarked on a daring challenge: to write a postcard to [...]
Another postcard blog
Posted in websites, tagged blogs, historic, postcards, USA, websites on August 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The web doesn’t appear to be overrun with blogs about historic postcards – or at least ones that deal with the subject specifically. I’ve found on or two entries dealing with historic postcards, but that has been about it. Today I came across Vintage Postcards: Postcard blog – this is a blog that is associated [...]
Historic New Zealand postcards online via DigitalNZ
Posted in websites, tagged digital, historic, history, new zealand, postcards, websites on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DigitalNZ is a search engine that covers digital content from the likes of government departments, libraries, community organisations and individuals. I tried some searches for postcards and came up with some great results. Here’s part of the search results screen for a simple search on postcards foxton
Oh what a difference!
Posted in humour, tagged Cape Palliser Lighthouse, drinking, humour, kissing, postcards, tunnel on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m not quite sure what relationship Frank is to Miss E. Barltrop – I have another postcard that makes me think he’s a relative. Apart from the cheeky subject matter I was also intrigued the recipient lived at the Cape Pallisser Lighthouse!
Stayed here
Posted in unsent cards, tagged hotel, Hotel Regina, postcards, Stockholm on May 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The garden of the Hotel Regina, Stockholm. What a lovely courtyard! Can’t find this hotel online, so I guess it has changed its name. Purchased from Ethel Anne Antiques, Hawera, March 2009
The Beehive House, New Plymouth
Posted in just historic, tagged Beehive House, Edgar Roy Brewster, New Plymouth, postcards on April 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is a postcard of “Norian”, The Beehive House, which was built by Edgar Roy Brewster in New Plymouth in the 1940s. It was dismantled in 1966. Brewster opposed right angles with a religious fervour, and apparently cut the corners off all of his photos. I realised when I took the postcard out of its [...]
Your’s Badger + Frosty
Posted in friendship, tagged church, Kaponga, postcards on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Something tells me these Kaponga lads may have been a handful! This puts us mind of you on your way home from church Won in a Trade Me auction March 2009
