Front: 817 The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp.'s Factory and Dock, Akron, Ohio
Front, lower left corner: Photo by Stivas Studio
Front, lower right corner: 64053
On the back, on the left side, it says "Pub. by the Central News Company, Akron, Ohio" and down the middle, between the message and the address "'Tichnor Quality Views" Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Made only by Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass." which was also on the post card of the "Air View of Portland Oregon".
The card is postmarked "1958 Oregon Shakespeare Festival July 28 -- Sept 4" but also "Jul 25 1958 Eugene Oreg."
Addressed to: William A Peterson, 248 3rd St, Ashland, Oregon
Message on Back:
Friday
Dear Billy -- Things are very quiet here at home with the girls + you boys gone. We have been just resting up. Dad is putting the plywood on the ceiling of Grandma's house. We picked some blackberries + I made more jam. Think we have enough blackberry jam now. Am looking forward to making applesauce now. We went + played minature golf + had a good time. I didn't play very well but Dad made a couple "hole in one's." You boys would have enjoyed it, maybe we can get Dad to go again sometime. Love Mama, Daddy, Susy, John + Mike
We didn't give John the presents -- will hold them for the 28th since you forgot them Sunday.
Notes: It was common for us boys (Bill and Jim) to go down to our Grandparents (Grandma and Grandpa Avery in Ashland) for a week or two in the summer. Apparently Sue and John stayed home with Mom and Dad this year. John's birthday is July 28. "Mike" would be our cousin, the son of Dad's brother Skip and his wife Cleo. Why he would be at our house, I don't know -- maybe Skip and Cleo went on vacation and left Mike with us. This looks like Dad's handwriting (printing) rather than Mom's, but Mom almost always wrote cursive, so maybe she printed like this (?) Or Dad wrote it from Mom's point of view.
This postcard is postmarked Oct 8 1962 from the Space Needle at the Seattle World's Fair and was sent while we were at the World's Fair. Note the address is just a name and city, no street address, and yet it was (apparently) delivered.
The front of the card has a picture with the Space Needle (so clearly meant for the World's Fair), but the caption on the back is just:
Seattle's Skyline at Night. This view from Queen Anne Hill shows the brilliant beauty of the Queen City after nightfall. C-615 Ektachrome by Clifford B. Ellis
which does not mention the World's Fair (or the Space Needle) explicitly. It would seem Mr. Ellis was expecting this post card to last well after the World's Fair was over.
Address: Mr. and Mrs. Chas avery, Ashland, Oregon
Message on back:
Mon.
Dear Folks
well we are at the fair. Saturday was a record day in people here. Love Mary, Lyle, and kids
The kids are in the children's Science area. It rains everytime we stand in line.
Sat the road was at a creep from Tacoma to Seattle
My opinion would be that Mom (Mary Peterson) printed the postcard to Billy. You are correct that she usually wrote in cursive, but my guess is that she printed because Bill would have been an early reader at that stage and she wanted him to be able to read the card. That would go along with the first person making jam, applesauce; and her comment about Dad and the mini-golf. Also, I think that the "f" in the card fits with Mom's style of writing/printing.
ReplyDeleteJust my opinion....... Sue O.