Sentimental Landscape

This card is Tuck's card, mailed from London Jan. 23 1907 (and postmarked 10 AM!) to Littehampton. It is part of the series "Picturesque England" and depicts Hayes Common near Bromley.
The cryptic message is:
"I feel very selfish about Nell, really the time flies so quickly & I am afraid that Local work takes up more of my time than it should, however, I have written asking her about a trip to town, which we arranged for at Christmas. Writing later about steamer (?) A."

"Town" would be London, and steamer refers to a ship, but beyond that.....
We'll just have to let the veil fall between us and the past.

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Mysterious Sentimental Landscape

An old divided back card from Europe. It may be Czech writing on the back - I cannot tell. It has that extra air of mystery that I like.
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To Ida on the farm

Addressed to Miss Ida Patton, Monticello, Ill., R.D. #1 [rural Delivery route #1] Postmarked Peoria Ill March 8 1915.

“With Hearty Greetings: As time goes onward/May each Birthday be/Brighter and ever brighter/Dear, to thee.
Good Morning – This is just to wish the very Best Birthday and the happiest New Years for you – Cheer up – Spring’s on the way- Winter’s on its last legs & they are wobbly- Presume you are busy these days with the new little chicks- Hope you will have hundreds of them this year – We did think Spring had come, but have had 3 days of snow & colder weather – Saw Jennie at Church and S.S. [Sunday school] – There’s a birthday kiss for you - with my love Lucy P.D.”

Monticello is a small town not far from Champaign-Urbana, in central Illinois. Ida however is out in the country, on the rural delivery route. Raising chicks is another clue she is on a farm. I like the message here of one friend cheering up another.

Strange Postcard Friendship Friday

To Kenneth Van Patter or Van Patten, Hubbard, Iowa. Illegible postmark.

"Tell the kids Hello! My school let out last Friday the 19 th. Good-bye. All kinds of flowers here now. Hello Kenneth, I rec’d your card. I found you on the picture. Would you like for me to send some little Prairie Dogs? If you do let me know right away for I have my trap set now. I’ll tell you how I’ll send them if you want them. I am well and so are papa and mama. Hope you are well." C. Ri ????

A very mundane card, except for... the prairie dogs. What is going on here? How would one send prairie dogs through the mail, even now, never mind 90 years ago? Live in a cage? Butchered and dressed in a box? (Ugh) I don't think refrigerated or frozen delivery was available then. I sure hope this was an inside or family joke.

Strange.

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Peek into Kansas, 1913

OK, you knew I couldn't keep up a postcard a day for long. My collection is not that extensive or deep. So, every other day. The next few entries cover postcards with mundane messages that yet offer us a peek into the past.

To Charlie McCloud of Iowa, from his sister in Coats, Kansas, July 13, 1913.
"Dear Bro.
I recieved [sic] your kind & welcome letter yesterday was glad to hear from you. We are well and hard at work thrashing wheat. Did you go the 4th. We thrashed all day. We have made over $80.00 since we came here. O the wind is blowing awful here today and has blowed hard every day we have been here. I don’t like it here at all. Well I guess I will have to close for this time hoping to hear from you again soon. I remain your loving sister [illegible]"

$80.00 was very good money. Of course, we don't know how long she worked to earn this amount. I wish I could read her name.

Whitten, Iowa (population 160) is in central Iowa, northwest of Des Moines. It's clear in Google Earth that it was once on a railroad line, but that the tracks have been taken out.
Coats, KS is still there, a little farming and railroad town in Pratt County. According to Wikipedia, its population was 112 in the 2000 census. It is SW of Wichita and south of I70, and about 26 miles from Greensburg KS, the town that was destroyed by a tornado and is now rebuilding itself.

The teens were a time of more rainfall on the plains and farm yields were good. Labor was needed. She does not live in Coats but is there for the work. Who was with her? I wonder how old she was.
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S.L. Sunday

Best wishes for a quiet Sunday, and a good week next week.
And, another plug for vintagepostcardshop, on ebay.
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S.L. Saturday

A Winter Scene today.
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S.L. and PFF Friday!

Oh my. I saved this one for Friday! Sentimental landscape AND roses. It was printed in Germany, and sent to a lady in Kirksville, Missouri, from a loving grandson, "wishing you many more Happy Birthdays".

Happy Postcard Friendship Friday!
Viridian

S.L. Thursday

Sweet landscapes can also be in black and white.
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S.L. Wednesday

Happy Birthday everyone! I know you have one this year.
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S.L. Tuesday

S.L. = sentimental landscape. However I would call this one a very romantic landscape. No information is on the back about the publisher, but it was printed in Germany. Love that green. This card also from vintagepostcardshop.

Sentimental Landscape Monday

As I said at the beginning of this blog endeavor, I love these sentimental postcards. A message, a flower or two, and a sickly sweet landscape that is somehow restful and appealing, even for 21st century cutting edge bloggers. No matter how hard you resist.

A plug here: the cards I am going to show you this week are from a lot purcahsed from vintagepostcardshop, who sells on ebay. Reasonable prices & shipping means I pay $1 a card or less, so I feel OK sending these out on Postcrossing.
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Repeat Post: Postcard Friendship Friday

I just love sentimental, vintage postcards. Especially ones with landscapes on them, or perhaps lush roses, or forget me nots. Not everyone's taste I know.This one is posted for Postcard Friendship Friday, on the Vintage Postcards blog.

I sent this one to someone on Postcrossing. What is Postcrossing? A highly addictive project! "It's a project that allows anyone to receive postcards (real ones, not electronic) from random places in the world." More on that later.

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