Tiny Photos

This is the back of the card, which is much more interesting than the front. If I pried the photos off I could find out who the card was addressed to, but that would ruin the card. I suspect it was sent to someone in the Woodin family though. I have a number of other cards and photos from them.

 

Here's the back-I mean the front-of the card.

Cards for Lulu Woodin

These cards appear to have been given to Lulu Woodin on the same day one week apart in July of 1898. I thought at first that they might have been given out by a Sunday school teacher, but the dates are both Fridays. Still, maybe it was some kind of summer instruction?

Happy New Year - and don't have so much cheek!

This card was sent exactly 100 years ago to Mrs. Jay Woodin of Cortland, New York. The name is misspelled on this card.

The message reads:
Here is hopeing for you 365 days of happiness during 1911 - also hope you will not have so much cheek as you have had in your family. E.

Best Wishes

Here's  a postcard from the Woodin family album, sent in 1911:

The message reads:

To Aunt Jennie

from

Helen Johnson

For photos of the Woodin family, see this earlier post.

The Woodin Album

This is not my family, but I feel disturbed by abandoned relatives even if they belong to others. These and a few other photos were included in a postcard album. Why was this album discarded? Who were these people?  I know a little. The surname for the family appears to be Woodin, and they lived in Cortland, New York at the turn of the century. Lulu, Jennie, and Fred...and their parents, presumably, whose names I don't know.

I think the album I have is Jennie's. Here are some of the pictures.
Fred, Lulu, and Marjorie (?):

Fred and Lulu  (The first two pictures appear to have been taken outside. Note the grass, leaves, and plants at Fred's feet.)

Marjorie?

 The parents?

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Owing to Extreme Pressure...

The text of this card reads:

Dear Marjore

I received your card a long time ago and have been a going to answer it for a good while

I suppose your are a going to school

from Maud Cleveland

RFD #5

RFD stands for rural free delivery, although it obviously wasn't free. Before rural free delivery, rural residents had to go to the post office in a nearby city to pick up their mail.

This is one of the numerous cards I have to and from the Woodin family. To see photos of the Woodins, see this other post.