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Today’s postcard is from 1942. I think it’s actually a photo that was written on the back? I’m going to do my best with the handwriting.
I don’t know who the sender is at all, but Mrs. Bruce Mashburn was my grandmother.
A cold wintery view, similar to many around Andover, since our heavy snow of last week, but this was one we took in Labrador.
Andover, N.Y., Feb. 15
Dear Margie,
Just to let you know how much I appreciated your little letter at Christmas time. I am wondering how far from Pinebluff your new home is, also about Bruce’s new job, and are you working outside your own home now? Is it so you can get home often? Is there much of a chance that Bruce will have to go to War? We are staying very close to home this winter, mainly because of Mr. Watson’s health — but we are more thankful than ever to have a home to stay in when we hear of the thousands homeless in other lands. I think [?] of you often.
Sincerely,
???? M. Watson
One cent stamp! I didn’t know who Gilbert Charles Stuart was, so I looked him up. He was a painter best known for his unfinished portrait of George Washington, called The Athenaeum.
See more of my postcard project.
