Golden Rule store after fire, Glenwood City, Wisconsin
- US ARC PH 2019.007.005
- item
- [ca. 1909]
Part of Photographic postcard collection
Real-photo postcard with image of the rubble left after a fire destroyed the Golden Rule store in Glenwood City, Wisconsin. The writer wrote on the front where her brother Frank was in the picture. Date from postmark: Mar 16 1909; green 1¢ "Gingerbread" Franklin stamp. Message: Addressed to Mrs. J.P. Madison [Ruby], 372 -- 1st St., Portland, Oregon. "Glenwood, Wisconsin, Mond/16, '09. Dear Sister, Rec'd your card some time ago & am sorry to think that I did not answer before. This is the ruins of the store where Frank worked. It was pa's birthday last Thur. & Henry sent him a picture of Dorothy. It is about 3 ft. long & about a foot wide. with six different sittings. It is a beauty. Tilda has a cold & Agnes is sick from vaccination & I have tonsilitis. The others are all well & hope you are the same. Please write soon, your Sister[-in-law], Anna [Madison]."