Postcard to Kathleen from a school friend: 2/1/1904
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A postcard to Will's future second wife, Kathleen Farmer, who is growing up in England, from her school friend Gladys.
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Back of the postcardImage #2 of two for this postcard.Scroll up for the audio reading.Scroll down for the transcript.
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I know nothing about Gladys, not even her surname, but I like the nickname that Gladys uses for Kathleen, even though Kathleen apparently didn't, since she never used it for herself.
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Dear ‘Gasolene,’ How are you getting on now? Kate told me you were 2nd in class. Do you think Mac. has forgotten our albums? I like being at school very much. I’m going to Centre next Monday. Will you write to me soon?
With love from Gladys
With love from Gladys
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1.
Kathleen was fifteen and a half when this postcard was written to her.
2.
Margaret Jackson, Kathleen's UK school friend, mentions Gladys Corsan a few times - see:
...so maybe that’s who this was. But I doubt that I'll ever know for sure.
3.
4 Wellesley Road, Wanstead, Essex - that's where Kathleen was born, and where the Farmers lived for many years.
4.
Gasolene: this isn't a mis-spelling, but rather the original spelling, which we don't use anymore. From Quora I got:
USA — Gasoline — originally ‘gasolene’ (1863), possibly influenced by the trademark ‘Gazeline’ — abbreviated to ‘gas’
In the UK, they say petrol instead of gas, but maybe the usage was more fluid back then when cars were a new thing, or maybe somebody heard that petrol was called gasolene in the US, and happily applied the word to Kathleen.
Kathleen was fifteen and a half when this postcard was written to her.
2.
Margaret Jackson, Kathleen's UK school friend, mentions Gladys Corsan a few times - see:
...so maybe that’s who this was. But I doubt that I'll ever know for sure.
3.
4 Wellesley Road, Wanstead, Essex - that's where Kathleen was born, and where the Farmers lived for many years.
4.
Gasolene: this isn't a mis-spelling, but rather the original spelling, which we don't use anymore. From Quora I got:
USA — Gasoline — originally ‘gasolene’ (1863), possibly influenced by the trademark ‘Gazeline’ — abbreviated to ‘gas’
In the UK, they say petrol instead of gas, but maybe the usage was more fluid back then when cars were a new thing, or maybe somebody heard that petrol was called gasolene in the US, and happily applied the word to Kathleen.
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