The message from Minnie to Seargeant Richard Davis, a patient at the U.S. Army Base Hospital #1 reads:
9-30-18
This arch is but 2 blocks from our hotel I do hope you will get to see Paris for it is a most beautiful city. Although I hate to admit it, I do think it is much prettier than New York. Hope you are still with us so I may see you again.
Sincerely Minnie
I'm afraid I don't know if Minnie was able to see him again or not.
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I am 'hoping' that the 'hope you are still with us' was perhaps that he either worked at the hospital (where she also worked) or that if he were a patient would still be in the hospital and not have gone home for the rest of his recovery. Surely she can't have meant, 'if he were still alive!' :)
ReplyDeleteThe ink probably got onto the card at the hospital :)
The streetcars and pedestrians in the photo make the front very worth posting. Today, the Arc is surrounded by multiple lanes of speeding cars. This window into a calmer, more civilized past is awesome. In contrast today's Arc de Triomphe looks like this: http://buildsafe.tumblr.com/image/26429835885
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lisa, I think she meant still at the hospital.
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to Google the hospital and see how ill the patients were... I can't make out all the details of the address.
ReplyDeleteThis Paris card makes up for the fried cat:)hehehe
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