Wednesday, August 4, 2010

To Helen in the Hospital



It's just a few days before Christmas and Miss Helen Lowe is in the hospital. Here's the message Hazel sent her:
Dec 22
Dear Helen, -
This is one fine day. I suppose you come home in a day or two. Wish I might drop in to see you to-day.
Loving friend Hazel.

7 comments:

  1. Oh... I don't know why, but I think this card is extremely lovely. I would be so pleased to receive this while in hospital, much better than a Hallmark! Karin

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  2. This is a beautiful, sweet card!

    It is such a shame we don't send postcards so much anymore! I keep trying to remember that in the early 1900s they were probably equivalent to today's email!

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  3. Would the Burns of the Burns Hospital be the name of the person it was named after or a description of the type of cases it treated I wonder?

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  4. Karin,
    I know exactly what you mean. Normally I go for the more serious stuff, but I found this one enchanting.

    Aimee,
    You're right. These are better than email...and imagine having mail delivered TWICE a day as they did back then.

    Alan,
    Although this hospital no longer exists or was renamed, I am convinced it was named after a person.

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  5. Neat postcard! I attended a few postcard shows back in the 1990s, and what struck me was that for a few pennies, you could communicate a brief thought on a wonderfully printed piece of art-in-miniature. I still do that once in a while these days, and many people still seem to like a handwritten postcard. Thanks, Christine. Jack/Youngstown

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  6. I also think it is a lovely card, our little messenger birds bringing words of kindness and trailing sweet flowers- I hope Helen left the window open...

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  7. I love the "Best Wishes" card. You can feel the emotions of the sender.

    Have a great day, Christine.

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