Hobart From the Bayou ca. 1913

To create this postcard, the photographer captured some scenic beauty that we don't care about, and a glimpse of downtown Hobart that we do care about.


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We can easily identify some of the buildings.




The postcard was sent from Wheeler on May 1, 1913.



The message reads:

Dear sister Annie if you havent made definit plans, come down here for Sun or as soon as it suits you. This is with Nellies consent & she says dont bring any work & I say dont carry your suit case from depot Ill get it & if you have the rye maybe your girls can use it & you just bring the bran & two or three old teacups if you can spare them. N- hasnt been so well for a couple of weeks & I told her to see you again. Mollie Pevant

I have not been able to identify Mollie or Nellie, nor the recipient, Mrs. Annie R. Congdon. It was Annie, perhaps, who scrawled across the address: "I just cant go — wrote her of our plan same I wrote you."