Divided back, unused postcard. Circa 1910 – 1920s. Series or number W1017. Publisher unknown. Printed in the U.S.A.
Price: $3.00
“I send you my New Year greetings on this tiny little card.
They are prompted not by custom, but affectionate regard.”
The clarity is not the greatest on this postcard, but still, it’s a very cute illustration……and dig those duds on the gent!
Divided back postcard. Postmarked December 22, 1920, Oakland, California. Series or number 425A.
Price: $8.00
“I Hope You’re Happy Too
I feel so fine and Christmassy
And generally good,
I want to share the feeling
As a good friend rightly should.”
Signed, Florence Thickle.
These postcard captions are funny sometimes, which is definitely part of the charm of the old cards. And well, imagine trying to come up with something slightly different for yet another Christmas postcard….As for the illustration, it’s beautiful – a full moon lights a wonderful view looking up a set of steep steps (be careful on the way down!) toward a manor house, we presume (due to the grandeur of the approach).
The sender, Florence, wrote:
4427 Evans ave., Oakland, Calif. Dec. 21, ’20. Dear Grandma Waiters: This is to wish you happy Xmas, and a fine new year. I’m not doing much for this Xmas; but hope I’ll be able to be at work again before very long. How are you all? Hope old Santa treats you all real good. Lots of love from – Florence.”
Addressed to: “Mrs. V. C. Waiters, Paso Robles, California.”
V. C. Waiters is Vesta C. Waiters, wife of William A. Waiters (second marriage for both) found on the 1910 Federal Census for Paso Robles, born Iowa, about 1847. Her name at birth was Vesta Catherine Fry. On the 1920 she is widowed, head of household in Paso Robles; with her is her brother William H. Fry and granddaughter, Sarah E. Gesser. Curiously, nothing definitive was found for Florence Thickle in records, though we did not trace the grandmother-granddaughter relationship as that tends to be quite time-consuming. Florence must not have been at the Evans Avenue, Oakland address for very long as city directories show a different family in 1920.
Sources: Year: 1910; Census Place: Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California; Roll: T624_104; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0038; FHL microfilm: 1374117. Year: 1920; Census Place: Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California; Roll: T625_144; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 45. (Ancestry.com).