[Illustrated Song Postcard, "Go on Smiling": Part 3]

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Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska, and is the third card in a set of four romance cards. The photograph on the front of the card shows a man and a woman standing next to a creek, the woman is wearing a white dress and the man a suit and hat; the caption underneath reads: "Tho' the way seems dark and weary, do be cheery for I always will be near." There is a note on the back of the card that reads: "This is the way it seems only you are not near."

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1 postcard : col. ill. ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Scott & Van Altena October 23, 1908.

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Private Collection of Margay Welch

The Bahl, Wheatly, and Hessdoerfer families were residents of Waco, Texas from the 1850's. The items in this collection were found in the Elmer and Josephine (Bahl) Wheatly home after the death of Elmer and Josephine Wheatly in 2010.

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  • Main Title: [Illustrated Song Postcard, "Go on Smiling": Part 3]
  • Added Title: Illustrated Song Series No. 1832
  • Added Title: Postcard Addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska, October 23, 1908

Description

Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska, and is the third card in a set of four romance cards. The photograph on the front of the card shows a man and a woman standing next to a creek, the woman is wearing a white dress and the man a suit and hat; the caption underneath reads: "Tho' the way seems dark and weary, do be cheery for I always will be near." There is a note on the back of the card that reads: "This is the way it seems only you are not near."

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1 postcard : col. ill. ; 9 x 14 cm.

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  • October 23, 1908

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Scott & Van Altena. [Illustrated Song Postcard, "Go on Smiling": Part 3], postcard, October 23, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth744116/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Margay Welch.

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