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Mrs. Jennie Dunham Madaket Rd. Nantucket, Mass. 26 – 5 – 1914 Dear Mother- Was out to see Mrs. Yerxes yesterday I had dinner, she invited me to go out again to-morrow & stay overnight. Am going Love from O.

Notes: Notes: You can see shutters propped open in the windows of the building in the foreground. The card would have had to be written prior to 1912. By the summer of 1912, Jennie, her father (Charles Nelson Cotton) and her son (Nelson Olney…

Notes: This is a rare example (in Jennie’s collection) of a real photograph post card. Lalla arrived on Ellis Island on the Lusitannia in November of 1911. She initially stayed in the New York area with Swedish friends or relatives. By the…

Mr. N. O. Dunham Nantucket Island, Mass. L.S.S. Dear boy I hope to hear from you soon Aunty I cannot see No glasses

Mr. Olney Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass 5 West Chester St. Dear O thank you for the card I would like very much to be on that same beach. It is awful hot here. I have spoken many times of the good fish you got while I was with you. …

Nelson O. Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Dear boy- Not a line from you in a long time. Hope the long walk is not to much for you. Been a fire in this mill twice lately Hastily Aunty

Nelson O. Dunham 5 West Chester St. Nantucket, Mass Dear boy, You did not say whether you wanted plain, checked, or striped ties. Which will it be. I have got a pin but it is not the kind you said. But I think it is pretty. Your Aunt E …

From A W. Roberts For Olnie

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island, Mass. Bristol, Wednesday, July 31. Dear Jennie, we arrived home all safe, how did you get home. How tired you must have been. Let me know. I found all well at home, very glad to see me. Ha ha. Dora’s…

Mrs. Jennie Dunham 5 West Chester St. Nantucket, Mass. Dear Mother, I just came trough this station a few minutes ago. Will be home before long. Olney