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- [ca. 1914] (creation)
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1 photograph : black and white print ;
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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."
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some, perhaps acidic, shadows on the verso
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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, 03/31/2017
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Purchased March 15, 2017, from Chippewa City, Decorah IA.
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Postcards shoe box #2