The Wurst Family

Do you happen to recall a previous post of the Whole Dam Family?  No matter, I'll put it at the end of this post. The Whole Dam Family postcards were printed to publicize a movie entitled The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog. I am guessing that the following two cards were inspired by the Dam Family phenomenon.
First we have The Wurst Family. I never 'Sausage' Wursts.

Then we have the Gunn Family, with a message written in shorthand on the front.

Both of these cards were sent before 1907. There is no message on the back of the card because postal regulations didn't allow it until 1907. The first card was sent to David Kampf in Brooklyn, New York.

The second card was sent to Miss Lena Frink in Bryn Mawr, California.

According to Rootsweb, Lena Frink was born in 1881 in San Bernadino, California and died in Bryn Mawr, California in 1959.

Oh, and here's the Whole Dam Family, which may have served as the inspiration for the other two.

Wearing My Heart Away for You

I don't usually post anything on the weekend, but just this once...
This card was inspired by the song I'm Wearing My Heart Away for You, written by Charles K. Harris in 1902. It is not the same song made popular by George Jones years later.

Here are the Lyrics to the song:

I'M WEARING MY HEART AWAY FOR YOU

I wonder where you are tonight, my love,

As all alone I sit and dream.

I wonder if your heart's with me tonight,

And if the same stars for you gleam.

I sometimes fear there is another love,

Some fairer face has won your heart;

But Ah, I hope the day will never come,

The day that we two must live apart.

The bees are droning in the wild wood, love,

The flowers their tiny heads bow low.

The birds are singing soft and plaintively,

They miss your dear kind face I know.

From o'er the meadow comes a faint perfume,

It whispers gently, "Love you're true;"

But Oh, my darling, if you only knew,

I'm wearing my heart away for you.

I'm wearing my heart away for you,

It cries aloud, "My love be true,"

I dream of you by night, I long for you by day,

I'm wearing my heart away for you. 

I found an old recording on the internet archive, but it's very squeaky. If you're interested in listening to it anyway, here it is.

Here's the back of the card, sent to Adele Littlefield in Detroit, Michigan.

To My Love

Here's the back of the card.

The message to Master B. best reads:

S. Valentine's Day

Just got back from London. Daddy gone to Hereford again. This is a picture of you at the dance

Mother.

Master B. best must have been a boarder at St. Cuthbert's Prep School, Malvern Link.