Name/Title
"Gee! I'm going to hang on to you for dea life" PostcardEntry/Object ID
1997.000.697Description
The front of the postcard includes an illustration of two children, with pale skin, holding onto each other. The boy has blonde hair and a surprised look on his face and he is wearing a blue shirt, brown pants, yellow socks, and grey and bronze roller skates; "Jim" is written on his leg in pencil. The girl has blonde hair and a surprised look on her face and she is wearing a green bow, a red dress, white socks with green polka dots, and grey and bronze roller skates; "ada" is written on her leg in pencil. The kids both have lines behind them showing movement with one line having a yellow star at the end of it. Half of the front is filled with a blue rectangle that has "Itz" (partial artist signature?) in the bottom right-hand corner. In the upper right-hand side is "Gee! I'm going to hang on to you for dea life" in large black print.
Everything printed on the back is in green: "Post Card" in large print at the top with a fancy design around it; two sections: "Correspondence" and "Address"; upper right-hand corner: postage stamp area with "Place Postage Stamp Here / Domestic One Cent / Foreign Two Cents" within it and "Printed In The U.S.A." next to it, vertically. Handwritten note, in pencil, in the "Correspondence" section: "Dear Sister:- Has any one beat his time yet? Derhe(?) left home Friday evening & I have not heard anything of her since. Ida put you 3 1/2 gal. of tomatoe pickles to-day. I am still enjoying life. Hope you are doing the same. Give all my love, Bella.". Handwritten note, in pencil, in "Address" section: "Miss Ada M. Ialipmean(???)/ 539 High(?) St. / Cincinnati, Ohio.".Collection
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