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15 10 812 https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/6f7e2b68c742963a435cc4f05048cfda.jpg 5a18aa72f122875b99e6ceb26d31622c Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 27, 1910 B Description An account of the resource 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 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nelson Olney Dunham Nelson Olney Dunham https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/57eda8405a6770a92c81c2912f19a9a7.jpg 95f45c37f8d0ddb13ddc948114d89114 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 27, 1910 A Subject The topic of the resource Railroad Station, New Bedford, Mass. Description An account of the resource Notes: This is the second in a pair of cards sent by Olney from New Bedford; and, coincidently, the third in a chronological sequence made by the same (unidentified) manufacturer. This last fact matters. It explains why you see cross-hatching in the portion of the card that shows the train tracks… or on the roof of the station. The card manufacturer used a different process to reproduce the image, hence you get this so-called “moiré” pattern from the scan. That moiré pattern (cross-hatching) isn’t present in the original. Yet all of the scan settings were exactly what they have been for previous cards. What’s different is the technique that was used to replicate the image. https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/8e167e163bbf04ec11cbded1567d5eba.jpg 906cf398a7425b7932abd6e90ef68520 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mar. 23, 1911 B Description An account of the resource Mrs. Ida Atwood Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Dear Ida – Thank you much for all you do for my dear sister. A little later on I shall go down to see you all but not just now. I have too much rheumatism. I try to walk it off. Please send me cards to know how J. is will you? Did you get the dishes (?) Frank sent you. Love to you all. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emma (Cotton) Blake Emma (Cotton) Blake Franklin Nelson Blake https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/7c869b258d1bdb7d7f19ac4512dffcdb.jpg 36f76e55e234d0807731a0b3eacf41bf Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mar. 23, 1911 A Subject The topic of the resource Pawtucket, R. I. Head of Navigation. Bird’s Eye View from Division Street Bridge. Description An account of the resource Notes: “Head of navigation” is a phrase describing the limits of boat traffic. Above this point are the falls, some of which are seen in the ‘Main Street Bridge’ image. Here you are looking north toward that bridge (and falls) at Main Street. Today this view is nearly obscured by the bridge for I 95. So many of these boats appear to have enclosed cabins, I wonder if they were used as housing. The composition of this photo has to be given high marks. Your eyes certainly get drawn into the scene. It’s difficult to determine the relationship between Ida Amelia Atwood and Jennie Dunham. The card hints at an asymmetry, with Ida shouldering some element of material support. Ida was a native Nantucketer who lived on Quince St. and described her occupation (in a 1923 passport application) as a dressmaker. She was married to Isaac Atwood who died not long after they were married. Her father was Washington Fisher. She had a twin sister, Clara. At the time this card was written, Ida was 44. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, ME, USA https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/278cf10e4f26d94da706e3b4c4b6b7c1.jpg 2f39d6b801905f3c7fe934cb2a31cdfe Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource May 29, 1911 B Description An account of the resource Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island, Mass. Augusta – Me May 28 Dear Mrs. Dunham Am so glad you are feeling better… Thanks for the card, I didn’t have one like it… have 2 send you both lights of Cobbosee Kind regards to all My sister and her two girls have gone to Nebraska for a visit. AWR Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Abby W. Roberts Abbie W. Roberts https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/3e58a03a80304b2bee5d643ae86108cd.jpg fd326a8665d50924405c8f98255834da Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource May 29, 1911 A Subject The topic of the resource Manchester, Me. Hammonds Grove, Lake Cobboseecontee Description An account of the resource Notes: Apparently Abby W.Roberts collected post cards, a hobby she shared with Jennie. The handwriting is almost unreadable. Even the transcript of this short card has gaps. Lake Cobboseecontee is located west of Augusta. This card shows a view from the northern end. Lady’s Delight lighthouse is located on an island at this northern end of the lake. It was built in 1908, just a few years before this card was sent. I can’t find a reference to a second lighthouse on the lake. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, ME, U.S.A. Printed in Germany https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/8def82791b3d2dd80fe823cb1fba28e4.jpg 2d1cdaba97fcffb6b6b562f0c3f03854 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 3, 1911 B Description An account of the resource Mrs. Jennie Dunham #5 West Chester St. Nantucket, Mass. Dear Aunt Jennie: Here we are down here for the day before the 4th. Ma is with us. Franklin and Bartlett are going bathing. Hope you have pleasant 4th. Sincerely Rhoda Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rhoda (Blake) Rowell Rhoda (Blake) Rowell https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/0e3d32dfde039fff465b6f01afa410c4.jpg daf843235d4fb7420f89433b90a407ce Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 3, 1911 A Subject The topic of the resource Wreck at Point Judith. Narragansett Pier, R.I. Description An account of the resource Notes: Shipwrecks were New England’s version of (European) ruins (and what counted as picturesque). Bosselman was described as a manufacturer of “souvenirs.” Probably most publishers of post cards were described using these same words. That naming would seem to imply that post cards were conceived as memory devices, however, these storage units for images were sent off to friends and relatives who had no prior experience of the location, effectively subverting the idea that the card served as the buyer’s mnemonic device. A.C. Bosselman’s died in his late 50’s in 1929, about 8 years after his son, Carl. The elder Bosselman had brought his boy into the business. Carl managed a Washington, DC branch of the company. While in New York he fractured his skull in a fight. His father believed his son had been murdered and offered a $1,000 reward for help finding the killer, but Carl’s death was never conclusively explained. Germans seem to have had a huge piece of the early post card industry, in part, I think, because of their superior command of the camera technologies (which probably included the reproduction processes). Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available A.C. Bosselman & Co., New York https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/8dcf7dbcf229f59ee5034e9cbb433bf2.jpg fc3c9906b02103c4871b743bc7decc3e Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 19, 1911 B Description An account of the resource Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Isd. Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester St. On the way up the Hudson This boat is just lovely. Emma Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emma (Cotton) Blake https://www.cottonhistories.com/files/original/04c592b04540a31ad43c68feb89ed9b6.jpg 63c3cedeed487bff175c32770670c275 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 19, 1911 A Subject The topic of the resource Robert Fulton Description An account of the resource Notes: One hundred years before this Robert Fulton himself took the first steamboat trip up the Hudson, from New York to Albany. Even in 1911 it would appear that side wheelers were still the standard.