"On the Rifle Range" card to Freddie Hanson in Fruita
Archival materials -- Postcard
Identifier:
F551.1
Description
Two images on postcard c. 1917. "On the Rifle Range" showing training with guns. Has a message addressed to Mr. Freddie Hanson, Fruita CO on the back (punctuation and capitalization added): "Dear brother[.] [G]ot your card today and was glad to get it[.] [W]here did you spend the 4th[?] I stayed in camp, and did you have good time[?] [H]ow is every body[?] I am well[.] [A]nd how is uncle and antie [sic] in Fruita[?] [H]ow is the apple crop this year[?] [O]r good or not[?] [G]oodbye, your brother Carl(?) ans[wer] soon."
Content Date:
circa 1917