Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Eleven Pound Baby

No, this is not a picture of the baby; this is a turkey. See the back of the card for details on the turkey-sized baby.

The message sent to William Jefferson in 1909 reads:
Dear Annie +Will - You will be surprised  to hear of our Eleven pownd Boy Born Nov. 22.
answer, Lane + Lee
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9 comments:

  1. JanineJuly 21, 2010 at 7:45 AM

    Was für ein Truthahn!!
    Der dürfte tatsächlich die ganze Gemeind ernähren
    Einen schönen Tag wünscht dir
    Janine

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  2. Chicken BoysJuly 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM

    Ouch!!
    ~Randy

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  3. Alan BurnettJuly 21, 2010 at 8:57 AM

    11lb! There is no suitable answer to that.

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  4. Beth NiquetteJuly 21, 2010 at 11:04 AM

    How fun!

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  5. Aimee DarsJuly 21, 2010 at 7:52 PM

    And I though I was a fat baby a over 9 pounds! This card was sent to my current town, Ithaca! I love how ornate the holiday postcards of this time frame are.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 21, 2010 at 8:09 PM

    I'll take a leg please... The turkey on the card is about a 200 pounder, judging from his scale relative to the folks in the background!

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  7. Prim GirlJuly 22, 2010 at 5:27 AM

    Beautiful!!

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  8. TrishiaJuly 25, 2010 at 12:33 AM

    Strange, the writing looks like the penmanship of a young school kid, not a mother who's just given birth to an (ouch) 11 pound baby....

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  9. Christine H.July 25, 2010 at 2:34 PM

    Trishia, maybe she was a young mother?

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