Miss Adrienne Augarde

Miss Bessie Rothudl
536 Lower Hursted
Smallbridge
Rochdale


Dear Bessie
Thanks for your views they are very nice. It was good of you to send them. I suppose you will have had a grand day at Rochdale today. Annie and I will come over before long. If you don't object. From your affec. friend Nellie.



Written in 1906 and costing only half a cent to mail, this postcard is from England and was bought at Raphael Tuck & Sons' Real Photographic Post Card shop. The front of the postcard sports the image of Miss Adrienne Augarde. The card says art published to their majesties the King and Queen and that they are of celebrities of the stage. For more postcards by this company with Augarde on it, click here (mine is the second from the top, as you can see).

Unfortunately, I couldn't find the address listed on the postcard.

I am not very well pleased at you not answering my last card...

Mary C. Leitch
22 Princes St.
Govan


Dear Cathie
I will be down on Sat. I am not very well pleased at you not answering my last card. I am sorry that I could not get down any time as another was seriously ill. She was just gone(?) up on Sunday for the first. I hope I have an answer for this P.T. (Mary)



The postcard was sent on November 18th, 1909 with the postage costing a mere half cent. The card was produced by Millar & Lang Art Publishers and it was part of The "National" Series as well as Printed in Britain. The front depicts a picture of Miss Rita Tomkins; a celebrity or just an average citizen? I don't know.

If you click here, you can scroll down to find some information on Millar & Lang Art Publishers, the company who produced this postcard. They're from Glasgow, which is in the UK. To see a few other postcards printed by this company, you can click here. On a side note, the place where the card was sent from was also the place where the cards were sold from. Now, it's a different business, which I have included a modern-day (Google Map found) image of at the very bottom of this post.

King Edward Hotel, Toronto

Miss E. George
Gelert(?) - P.V.
Ontario


July 21/10
Dear Etta
       Mother and I were going out there Saturday. I sent Flora H a card telling her and now I am not sure whether the trains will be running since the strike is on. If you see her tell her. Good bye. Lillie Sherman.


P.S. If I get there I will go and see you. Maybe you will be at the station Saturday night.
                                                                                                                     Lillian




Postage on the stamp was one cent. My, my, how times have changed. Also, the front of the postcard is a picture of the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, which is still there today! And perhaps the coal strike Lillian speaks of is in reference to the Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910-1911, considering coal was used to power trains of the time? If you're interested, there's an article you can look at regarding it on Wikipedia here, and also a (potentially) more reliable source with less to say about it here.

One of Many Postcards

Here's a Christmas postcard from 1909 from Ms. Chapman to Ms. Dobson of Ontario, Canada! I can't really make out the city, but if any of you can, please let me know! :)

Front of the postcard reads: Wishing you Three hundred and Sixty-Five happy Days, and hoping that the spirit of the Christmas Time may help to make each one happier and More Blessed than the last.
The back reads: Merry Christmas. From Ms. Chapman"


The postage stamp is from the USA and the stamp put on by the post office says "Dec 23, 13PM, 1909, MICH"... So, it was processed on the 23rd of December, 1909, and sent from Michigan. :)

One of Many Postcards

Found a wonderful package of French postcards and this was included in them! The front is gorgeous and the handwriting on the back is kind of difficult to read. Plus, my French isn't exactly the best, but I'll try to post and translate whatever I can below. :)

The front side of the postcard says "Havana 16/3/13" and "Bons Becs." as well as "ML" is written on the woman's foremost arm.

Havana

16/3/13

Chère Cœur,

Comment es-tu très bien je suppose pour moi je suis très bien mais il fait bien chaud j’ai tourjours attender a écrire parce que je pensais de reçevoir une nouvelle de tois ici mais je vois t’écrire sans en avoir je pense a Puerto Mexico eu me fait bien de la peine mais je crois que tu m’oublie tranquillement tout de même je t’achirai  de tout arranger cela quand je serai rendu a Lté H une. D’un ami qui l’aime toujours et ne t’oublie pas.

***

My darling,

How are you? I suppose I am doing well, but it is very hot and everyday I write because I think I may receive a new letter here. I think that Puerto Mexico made you forget me slowly. Still, I write  [unknown translation]... Always your friend who shall never forget you.