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Court house, Ellsworth, Wisconsin

• [ca. 1914] (creation)

1 photograph : black and white print ;

Small real-photo image of the Pierce County, Wisconsin, courthouse, mounted on a postcard, with a rhyme on the front. Rhyme: Goodness me, what can it be, Did some one steal your pen, I'd really be so glad if you, Would write me now and then. Date from message: 8-2-[19]14; postmark is very faint, possibly mailed in Aug. from Beldenville, Wisconsin; green 1¢ George Washington stamp. Message on verso: Addressed to Miss Sophie Hendrickson, 518 Ridgewood Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 8-2-14. "Dear Friend, Well how are you? I am fine but it is pretty hot nowadays. I did not get over to see you after all before you went away. But hope I will see you soon as I am coming to the City in a couple of weeks. Ma and I have been to church to day. Love to you from Emma."

some, perhaps acidic, shadows on the verso

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.

Cataloged by kdo, 03/31/2017

Purchased March 15, 2017, from Chippewa City, Decorah IA.

Postcards shoe box #2

• Courthouses--Wisconsin--Pierce County--1910-1920 Ellsworth (Wis.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--1910-1920 Public buildings--Wisconsin--Ellsworth--1910-1920