Joy Unconfined

This one SEEMS to say Doris Yeagers Ethel Robbins but I’m not sure, because the pencil is so faint. AND… it looks like it may be a re-used greeting, as there is even more faint pencil markings that appear to be other names beneath the ones I can read… I imagine money was tight then. [...]

Twins. I found both of these in the same box. I wonder if they were sent the same year. Wait… whoops, I just found another… THREE of the same…. hm. Look in the mirror and you will see The only one in the world for me. One says To Glen H. From Nicholas The other [...]

Cover: To My Valentine Inside: Please Be My Valentine Another hand made valentine greeting. Note the penmanship. Writing, the physical act, not just the literary part of it, was truly an art form back then. On the back: To Doris Y. Inside it’s signed Doris, and I can’t tell if that’s an ‘I’, or a [...]

Be my own sweet Valentine To Doris Y From Violet

I’m sending you a mottoed heart All curved and gaily tinted Please think of it as fond and true And not one merely printed. . I can’t quite make out all of the To/From Looks like To Doris Y From (Somebody) “Gottard” (Again, the name was apparently penciled in later)

Is the term “Ducky” used for a loved one these days? To Doris Y From Harvey (and someone kindly penciled in the year, 1925, and Harvey’s last name, “Larwance”. I’m guessing this was Gran, because she had a habit of getting letters mixed up when writing names. She did this throughout my life. She never [...]

The last of the winter holiday edition. Here are the rest of the Christmas themed greetings. With kind Remembrance for christmas and the New Year Reta Margaret Kimball We wish you both in rhyme and reason, The joys of all this festive season. that Christmas joy and Christmas pleasure, Come to you in goodly measure. [...]

The holiday season version. Cover: Christmas Greetings First page: To Glen Hanneman From Otto Herman Fred and Ernest Neff Interior: Merry Christmas. If all the things I wish for you, If all the Christmas gifts, could be Placed side by side in one long line, They’d pave the way ‘twixt you and me!

The Holiday Season version. With loads of Good Wishes For Your Christmas Fresno Cal Dec. 20, ’20 “Hol!Ho, Ha.” Old Jolly Santa – Claus wants to see you all at Grand Pa’s Kissling house on Christmas Eve. Yours Truly. Santa sent Granddad a post card! How festive and fun!

I know. They’re not valentines over these few weeks. Still… for the sake of continuity and categorizing, these posts remain titled so… after all, they all came from the same red tin box that once housed a Hostess House Fruit Cake. I wish I knew who this was from. Still, here’s the letter. Dear ones [...]