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- [ca. 1914] (creation)
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1 photograph : print, sepia toned ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
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Real-photo postcard showing the shore of Butternut Lake with several houses in the distances. No indication if it is Big Butternut Lake or Little Butternut Lake. Date from postmark: 1914, the rest is not legible; green 1ยข Washington stamp. Correspondence (typed) on verso, from Arthur Spiering to his sister Elsie in Winthrop, Minn. "Luck Wisconsin. 2/1/14. My Dear Sister Elsie. Your card on hand last night and thank you very much. You are hard at work now with the studies suppose, are you still at the same place yet at Mrs. K.? How do you like the weather? It is very cold here. One time it was 28 below zero, I bet you would of frooze [sic] then don't you think so? How many valentines did you get this year, only one I got was from you, did not send any yet and do not figure on sending any, Your Brother Arthur."
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This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.
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Cataloged by kdo, 07/31/2013
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Purchased May 23, 2012, on eBay from Linda Stewart, Charles City IA.
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[United States] : [Publisher not identified], [ca. 1914]