Name/Title
"We are going "Very Swift"" PostcardEntry/Object ID
1997.000.659Description
Front of postcard is a green background with the center including an illustration of a man and a woman holding hands and looking at each other while they are skating in a skating rink; both have roller skates on; woman is wearing a green blouse, skirt, and hat with her a white shirt; man is wearing a brown suit with a white shirt and red tie; green arches with a white edge frame the couple as well as the large hanging light; both figures have pale skin; to the side of the main illustration is an drawing of a roller skate hanging off of a nail; at the bottom of the front in black print: " "We are going "Very Swift" down here, I give you my word." ".
Everything printed on the back of the postcard is in brown: left-hand side, vertically: "B.B. London Series No 3560 E Printed in Germany"; "Post Card" in large and fancy print at the top, in the center; right-hand side: "For Address Only.". Green and white one cent postage stamp in the upper right-hand corner. Black circular stamp with is partially obscured and has information regarding when and where this postcard was sent: "Po...Republic / Nov / 2 P.M. / 1910 / VA.". Long handwritten, in pen, note on the left-hand side: "Hello Sadie. - How are you and is your...getting along? I guess you will be sorry when it gets...and...have no...prevents and it will...all Effie...and I will be up there Thursday...and will spend the day with you. I...it is right hand....have time..." (the cursive handwriting is hard to make out). Under the "Address" section: "Miss Sadie Craw(?) / 65...Ave. / Harrison...Virginia".Collection
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