Postcard from Will to Alma: 11/24/1910
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Will, who is spending Thanksgiving at Mount Lowe in California with his fiancée, Margaret, writes to his sister Alma, who is at home in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
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Ye Alpine Tavern, Mt. Lowe, Cal.,
Nov. 24, 1910
Dear Doc,
Margaret and I are up here giving thanks. We have on my old clothes and we have grown so portly that Margaret is afraid I will sneeze and there will be an explosion. We wish you were here with us. I am going to leave for S.F. about the second proximo. We are crazy about it. [with a drawing of a finger on a smaller hand pointing to a shiny ring on finger on larger hand.]
With our v.b. Love,
Margaret + B.B.
Nov. 24, 1910
Dear Doc,
Margaret and I are up here giving thanks. We have on my old clothes and we have grown so portly that Margaret is afraid I will sneeze and there will be an explosion. We wish you were here with us. I am going to leave for S.F. about the second proximo. We are crazy about it. [with a drawing of a finger on a smaller hand pointing to a shiny ring on finger on larger hand.]
With our v.b. Love,
Margaret + B.B.
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1.
This is one of two postcards dated November 24, 1910 that Will sent out on the 25th:
Thanksgiving in 1910 was on November 24.
2.
Ye Alpine Tavern, Mt. Lowe, Cal.
I found a postcard online. The description for the postcard says:
Opened in 1895 on Mt. Lowe by Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Ye Alpine Tavern was successful for over 40 years before it was destroyed by fire in 1936. It was a popular excursion for people living in nearby Los Angeles. The ruins remained until destroyed by the U.S. Forest Service in 1959 and the site is now a campground.
3.
Dear Doc,
Will liked referring to Alma's academic life.
4.
I am going to leave for S.F. about the second proximo.
Lieutenant Leeds has apparently recovered and will be returning to his job in Los Angeles, so Will won't have to substitute for him anymore and can return to San Francisco.
"the second proximo" is the second day of next month, i.e. December 2, 1910. This date is confirmed in:
This is one of two postcards dated November 24, 1910 that Will sent out on the 25th:
Thanksgiving in 1910 was on November 24.
2.
Ye Alpine Tavern, Mt. Lowe, Cal.
I found a postcard online. The description for the postcard says:
Opened in 1895 on Mt. Lowe by Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Ye Alpine Tavern was successful for over 40 years before it was destroyed by fire in 1936. It was a popular excursion for people living in nearby Los Angeles. The ruins remained until destroyed by the U.S. Forest Service in 1959 and the site is now a campground.
3.
Dear Doc,
Will liked referring to Alma's academic life.
4.
I am going to leave for S.F. about the second proximo.
Lieutenant Leeds has apparently recovered and will be returning to his job in Los Angeles, so Will won't have to substitute for him anymore and can return to San Francisco.
"the second proximo" is the second day of next month, i.e. December 2, 1910. This date is confirmed in:
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DOCUMENT LISTS FOR PEOPLE:
- WILL: DOCUMENTS ----- Outgoing
- ALMA: DOCUMENTS ----- Incoming
- MARGARET: DOCUMENTS ----- Related
OTHER DOCUMENT LISTS:
- DOCUMENTS SORTED BY WHERE THEY WERE WRITTEN ----- California
- DOCUMENTS SORTED BY SOURCE ----- Barbara
- AUDIO READINGS OF THE DOCUMENTS: 1910-1919
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