Postcard from Ruth Farmer to Roger: 8/10/1925
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A postcard from Kathleen Stokey's sister, Ruth Farmer, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to Kathleen's younger son, Roger, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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This postcard was packed away among other family documents at the last apartment of my parents. Very likely Ruthie sent postcards to all the kids, as she did in September of 1922, but this is the one that my immediate family kept. I imagine four-year-old Roger treasuring the picture of the boat.
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My Roger Boy, This boat is off to catch fish, she is fine and large, and perhaps you would like to go too. I am glad you can swim, I have not been in the water here, tho it looks so cool and nice.
I shall see you soon.
Love,
Aunt Ruthie
I shall see you soon.
Love,
Aunt Ruthie
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I decided to add this to Alma's related documents since the postcard is addressed to "c/o Miss Alma Stokey".
Not knowing much about boats, I asked the family as a whole about the sailboat in the picture. My brother Roger and my cousin Eric agreed that it's a schooner.
Roger said:
It appears to have running back stays, seldom seen today. Port side is tightened since the sail is on the starboard side.
Eric excerpted a NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) article:
Prior to the introduction of steam trawling in 1906, groundfish were caught exclusively with baited lines, fished from schooners and their dories. The novel 'Captains Courageous' by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1897, accurately describes the lives of the 'salt bankers', as they sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in search of cod.
A later note:
I found a postcard from Ruth to Roger's older sister Kay, from a slightly later date:
Not knowing much about boats, I asked the family as a whole about the sailboat in the picture. My brother Roger and my cousin Eric agreed that it's a schooner.
Roger said:
It appears to have running back stays, seldom seen today. Port side is tightened since the sail is on the starboard side.
Eric excerpted a NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) article:
Prior to the introduction of steam trawling in 1906, groundfish were caught exclusively with baited lines, fished from schooners and their dories. The novel 'Captains Courageous' by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1897, accurately describes the lives of the 'salt bankers', as they sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in search of cod.
A later note:
I found a postcard from Ruth to Roger's older sister Kay, from a slightly later date:
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