Dear Sister. Just a card to let you know I have time to write a few lines to you. I have not heard from you for some time, and I can guess the reason why. I know you are busy. It has rained here for the past 3 days so I can no do much. Rains all day long. Best wishes and regards, I remain Loving Bro John
I am reposting a comment from Evelyn which got attached to a much older postcard. Those of you interested in postcards, might want to check out her site through the link listed.
Evelyn Yvonne Theriault said... Hello again! Dear Annie has been featured again in the Festival. I've actually cited this postcard with the lamp and displayed another entry which was a Christmas card that you posted earlier. Both were prefect for A Festival of Postcards (7th Ed.)- Light, which you can find here: http://wp.me/pp92w-850 Have a great day, Evelyn in Montreal
My great Aunt Annie Bartos lived with her twin Uncle Wencil until his death at 83 and then lived by herself until she died at 90 in 1983. She was a collecter. One walked between boxes in her house. Among this treasure is a collection of about 800 postcards from about 1910 to 1924. It is my goal to share them with her descendants and with the world.
The picture above is in her garden.
If anyone has information they would like to add -- either about the identity of people or photos to add, please contact me at lorlee0828@att.net. If you are a descendant of Aunt Annie and would like a copy of the cards on disc, please let me know.
I will try to posta new card every day, so please check back often. Please feel free to leave me your comments and to share this site with your friends.
BLOG EXPLANATION
Each card will have 2 views, front and back and will include my interpretation of the message [as best I can read it] including misspellings. Each card will have tags -- the year, the sender and the receiver. So if you want to see all of the cards from a certain year, you would search by that year or from a certain person, search on that name. If you click on either the front or the back view, it will open in a separate window, somewhat larger, and you can better see the details of the card.
A LITTLE FAMILY HISTORY
Frank Bartos [my great grandfather] emigrated from Bohemia in 1864 at age 18, with his four siblings and his parents Martin and Kathryn. They first settled in New Prague, Minnesota before coming to Lowry, Minnesota about 4 years later. He and his wife Frances [Chan] had five children -- Frank Philomen, Joe, John, Wencil and Annie
Joe is my grandfather. He and Annie [Kalina] lived in the Lake Reno area all of their lives. Frank Philomen and Mary [Prchal] settled in Superior, Wisconsin.
Annie and Wencil lived on the homestead all of their lives.
John was the traveler. He was WWI veteran, but did not serve overseas. He worked in Colorado and died in a freak accident, we believe, struck by lightning.
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I am reposting a comment from Evelyn which got attached to a much older postcard. Those of you interested in postcards, might want to check out her site through the link listed.
Evelyn Yvonne Theriault said...
Hello again!
Dear Annie has been featured again in the Festival. I've actually cited this postcard with the lamp and displayed another entry which was a Christmas card that you posted earlier. Both were prefect for A Festival of Postcards (7th Ed.)- Light, which you can find here:
http://wp.me/pp92w-850
Have a great day,
Evelyn in Montreal
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