Name/Title
THOMAS W. TEMPLE II TO WALTER P. TEMPLE, SR., POSTMARKED 11 SEPTEMBER 1919Entry/Object ID
97.58.13.4Description
THOMAS W. TEMPLE II TO WALTER P. TEMPLE, SR., POSTMARKED 11 SEPTEMBER 1919
Color: White, blue, yellow, black
A postcard from Thomas W. Temple to Walter P. Temple, Sr., postmarked 11 September 1919. The front has a color cartoon, number 983 of a series of "Soldier Comics", of a soldier playing a banjo and singing while behind him other soldiers are throwing food at him. The message reads "The crowd/ here is/ just crazy/ about music!" There is a green one-cent stamp on the back and the postmark is from Santa Clara Preparatory School, once on the campus of Santa Clara University. The card is Addressed to: "Mr. Walter P. Temple/ 9 N. Almansor St./ Alhambra, Cal." Text reads: "Dear Dadup. Glad/ to haer you got back/ O.K. How did you like/ the valley Route. Sorry/ about Milt's Valise Too Bad./ How is no. 9 Did you have those/ films developed. If so send/ them up & bring my album/ when you come/ Your Son/ Tommy." Milton Kauffman was his father's business manager. The reference to "no. 9" is from the Temple oil fields, where that well was the largest producer. With faded ink in the message; dented corners; some surface soiling; and discoloration, the postcard is in fair condition.Lexicon
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Cartoons, Photography, SoldiersSearch Terms
Two-dimensional, Postcards, Santa Clara Preparatory School, University of Santa Clara, Oil wells--Los Angeles County (Calif.)
