Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
As an archivist, one of my dream projects is to sit down with the hundreds of postcards in the Eddy County Museum's collections, and transcribe (or perhaps decipher) the messages written on the back.
Alas, such a project would require both time and funding. So I temper my ambitions and only occasionally stop to read the cryptic cursive from a century ago.
Curiosity got to me when I found this handmade, mixed-media postcard that a young man named Henry wrote to his sister, Mrs. Fred Dahl, and mailed it to Moorhead, Minn., in 1910.
Not only does the card contain a faux horseshoe and beautiful floral prints, it also offers a message from the heart.
Henry wrote to his sister on January 18, 1910. He commented on her recent illness, "Are you any better now than you was at Christmas? I hope you are."
"Everything is quiet around town," he tells her, and then mentions a party and brings her up to date on the latest in his life, including his new living arrangements.
He signs the card, "From your Brother Henry."
While Henry's words were simple, his message was from the heart as he wished his sister, "Good Luck from New Rockford."
