Name/Title
"Hold Me Tighter, Willie Dear." PostcardEntry/Object ID
1997.000.658Description
The front of the postcard has a black and white photograph of a man and a woman on roller skates; they are posed with the man behind the woman; both of them each have a leg up in the air; they are looking at each other lovingly and are holding hands; the woman is leaning back onto the man, trusting him to hold her upright. at the bottom of the photo "57-6" is printed in black and underneath the photo "Hold Me Tighter, Willie Dear." is also printed in black.
Everything printed on the back of the postcard is in black: "Post Card" in the center of the back in very fancy and stylized print with "For Address Only" underneath it; upper left-hand corner: "Correspondence"; lower left-hand corner: circular logo. Green and white one cent postage stamp in the upper right-hand corner. Black circular stamp with information regarding when and where this postcard was sent: "Webster. N.C. / Dec 19 / 9 AM / 1912". Note and recipient are in blue ink and were typewritten. Note: "Am near home, will reach there in morning, Am feeling O.K. You did not know I had a business office at home. So good bye, Grove Stewart.". Recipient: "Mr. Joseph Gilbert / Buchanan / Mich.".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
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