Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
2023.2.42Scope and Content
Postcard written to A.B. Mayes of Kansas from Soldier Ralph Mayes in Hoboken, Nebraska in 1918.
Included on the front of the postcard is a handwritten name and address in pencil, 2 ink stamps, the label “Soldiers’ Mail” and a printed symbol of the Red Cross.
On the back of the postcard is the ink and pencil message:
“I have arrived safely overseas:
Ralph H. Mayes
This card will be held until safe arrival of the boat on which I sailed.”Collection
POSTCARDSArchive Items Details
Title
PostcardDate(s) of Creation
1918Relationships
Related Places
Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
Missouri
