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We've previously seen views from about the same location, but not with those people fishing on the riverbank, and certainly not with that kid in the foreground all dressed up in a white sailor middy and knee pants. It must be Sunday.
The verso carries a heartwarming message:
The year in the postmark is not quite legible — "191"-something, a number with round outlines; could be any round year between 1910 and 1919.
I have no clue who Ray was. He gives his return address as "c/o Ira B. Wyant" in Hobart. I can't identify any such person in Hobart.[1]
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[1] There was an Albert B. Wyant, aka "Abe", but I have no reason to think this was the same person.
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I found an Ira B. Wyant in the 1940 census. He was living in East Chicago then and was born in Pennsylvania in 1887. There is a PA connection on the postcard, so I guess Ira must have lived in Hobart for a few years before heading to East Chicago?
I think you found him!
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