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This is the Hotel where we got our meals. But a room in a cottage nearby. The lower right hand cor. is the path we went up

Notes: The manufacturer of this post card was as local as you can get in a business that was overrun by enterprising startups. On several occasions Emma and other correspondents mention that they have bought more cards for Jennie’s collection. …

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

Notes: "L.S.S." - Life Saving Service The first day of summer, 1915. At first glance it might be hard to imagine what Emma was thinking of when sending this card. However, the sinking of the Lusitania – with the loss of 1,200 lives – had just…

Mr. N. O. Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Madaquet L.S.S. Dear Olney, I am pleased to get a line any time. Let me know about your mother, and dad. Aunty

Notes: One cumulative impression to be drawn from these cards is the dawning historical sensibility of the age. People looked around and saw vestiges of the past that they wished to capture in images. This sensibility doesn’t necessarily translate…

Mr. Olney Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester Street Many happy returns of the day, Aunt Emma January 2, 1911

Notes: How lucky could Olney be? To get a birthday card with a picture of Pawtucket’s City Hall! This may be the first (and only ) image of an automobile in the collection. See this link for a similar, black and white…

Mr. Olney Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester St. Aunty is having a fine time. Did I tell you I saw an air ship go up last Sunday. It was great. Love to you all R.R.

Notes: “Air ship,” like “photo play,” was not yet a compound word, let alone an “airplane” or a “movie.” “last Sunday” would have been July 16th, 1911. Emma mailed a post card showing bathers at Coney Island on the 16th. In all likelihood, she…