Postcard

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

LU220.116

Description

Modern Woodman Insurance Agent, J.F. Hickey Postcard to H. S. Vogler. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: white card stock penny postcard communication from John F. Hickey, a farmer who lived one mile north of Waldorf; postmarked from the Vivian post office addressed to Modern Woodman Clerk #5218 H. S. Vogler, Young America, Minn.; Hickey's message on reverse: "Vivian, Minn., 3,17,1903; Esteemed Neighbor, I acknowledge receipt of $ 50/100 aid for Wm. Guhlsdorf". (Signed) J.F. Hickey #7545".

Context

From the Waldorf photo collection of Clark Meyer, former Waldorf resident. The Vivian Post Office was active from 1858-1905 after which time it was transferred to New Richland Post Office until about 1908; then it transferred to Waldorf and was located in the William Ewert General Store until that building burned in 1956. After the fire the post office then relocated to a building that had been the Waldorf jail located on the east side of Main Street; it remained in that building until it was incorporated into the Waldorf Community Building built in ca 1998.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Made/Created

Date made

Mar 30, 1903

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

April 3, 2015

Update Date

November 21, 2024