Monday, February 18, 2008

Postcard from Unsigned Sender to Rena LERFALD, 9 Dec 1908

Recently, my father-in-law loaned us a pile of postcards that had belonged to his maternal grandparents, George Rice WESTABY, III and Rena LERFALD. Actually, the majority belonged to Rena. Here is the next one in the collection:


(front)
"468. Making Up."


(back)

This card was postmarked 9 Dec 1908, 8 PM, from Baldwin, Wisconsin, and appears to have been written by Rena's sister, Anna, to her. Apparently at a later date, Rena wrote over the message with an ink pen so that it could be read easier:

"Hello Rena--how are you. I got over Sunday fine. How is your foot? Olaf is kind of spunkey. He could not get over Saterday [sic] night, he said. bye Bye"

I'm not sure who Olaf was. Could it have been their brother Ole? Perhaps he was a friend, cousin, or a suitor of Anna's. I'm also uncertain as to the message on the front of the postcard: had the sisters quarreled? Or was this merely a convenient card on hand that was sent with no thought of the text?

Source: The Westaby-Lerfald Postcard Collection. Privately held by Troy Midkiff, Vancouver, Washington.

6 comments:

Craig Manson said...

Thanks for sharing these! This is a terrific collection.

Anonymous said...

I think what I love the most is the address...just the town name. And they probably knew just where to find her!

Miriam Robbins said...

You're welcome, Craig! There's a ton more. I expect all of geneablogger land will be begging me to quit posting these before I'm through! LOL!

Donna, they did probably know just where to find Rena, although I expect she would go to the general store and pick up her mail (think Ike Godsey's store in The Walton's)!

Anthony R. said...

Anna is my great great grandmother

Anthony R. said...

Anna Lerfald is my great great grandmother

Miriam Robbins said...

Anthony, that is great to hear! Please contact me at kidmiff@gmail.com!