To: Lucia; from Gussie, New Orleans - Waited to write so she could send a daguerreotype of Ernest and Gussie - G would not set still. Lizzie terminated her engagement - dreamt she would leave the city and never return. Attend many masked parties with Anne. Descriptions of costumes/participants. Captain Van Dusen attend Mardi Gras with them. Fire companies paraded on the 4th - made ribbons and buttons for the horses. Gussie/Ernny are little devils. Sent materials with suggestions of what to maek and for whom.
Owned by Frank Goldsmith Johnson
Dimensions: Height 9 3/4" Width 8"