For several years I've been aware of Postcard Friendship Friday but never joined in. I have no idea why since I've been collecting postcards since childhood; so what better place to find others with the same "problem".
Today I take the step into the postcard unknown and add a contribution that took an interesting journey to get to it's final destination.
Baltimore to London to Zurich. The card most likely traveled farther than the sender ever did.
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I find it interesting that the front says "Copyright 1908 Chas. Scribner's Sons" and the back says "Published by Reinthal & Newman, N. Y." followed by "Chas. H. Hauff, London, Eng." Basically even if this card had never been sent on its voyage to multiple cities it had already had more than enough involved to just give "birth" to it.
Chas. Scribner's Sons was of course a publisher that was eventually swallowed up by the mega publishing companies today.
Reinthal & Newman was a publisher of lithographic prints and postcards based in New York.
I'm not finding any definitive information about Chas. H. Hauff, but I'm assuming they were possibly co-publishers with Reinthal & Newman for sales in Europe.
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The oh so important message on the back of the card is a wee bit difficult to read through the postal stamps, but:
Fudge (???) isfine but some otherkind of candy is betterHope you did not getvery sick on the way over and that youhad some fine timesWe are having a fine time& I soon leave for a few short tripsM
As to the idea of a "Fudge Party"...who's up for that? Sounds like a fine time to me!
So thank you "The Best Hearts Are Crunchy" for hosting this. I already see many online friends who are regular posters.
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