Spalsbury: #189 Postcard

Name/Title

Spalsbury: #189 Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2021.2.433

Scope and Content

Handwritten postcard from Mrs H. . T to Mrs Richard Denicke, 21st & Jules Str, St. Joseph, Mo. Post marked Sept 8 1940, Taos, NM, 1¢ postage. The front of the card is a colored drawing of Pueblo Indian Women Making Pottery. . . . . A basket or piece of old pottery is used as a foundation form. The clay is worked into strips which are coiled spirally upward to form the new pottery vessel. The cla is smothes down by the fingers as shown . . . After drying it is ready for decorations and then firing.'

Context

I hope you are feeling a little better. I wish you could see this place. It's just like being in a foreign country. . I wish I had enough money to buy some of the Indian things. Mr. Tilden and I are resting, I can see the mts. out my window all day. Best Wishes Mrs. H. W. T.

Collection

Marshall White

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

3½" x 5½"