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Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester Street Dear J. Did you get a card from Sakonnet. F. and I had a nice time their. Went Sat. and came back Sunday. It’s awful warm here. Hastiy Emma Company to dinner. July…

Notes: Emma sent two cards during her trip with Franklin (“F”). Olney and Jennie both received one.

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester Street Here for a short while – very warm How is it on the Island. Emma July 14th, 1910

Notes: There are only a couple of instances when Emma sent the same card twice. This is one; the other was the “Bird’s Eye View” of the head of Navigation on the Pawtucket River.

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester St. Dear J. When I stand in the front door of Mrs. Rowell I can see the Pinnacle x The view is beautiful. We are up here for a few days. I have not been at all well. Am some…

Notes: A bridge crossing at this location on the Merrimac River made Hooksett a vital community in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. (This image was probably shot from the bridge.) Today the interstate bypasses the town. My sense is that the…

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester St. I think this is about as high as I will ever be. I am writing this where I put the x Lovingly Emma

Notes: “I think this is about as high as I will ever be.” This statement was almost certainly prophetic. I recently saw a coffee table book devoted to the grand hotels of the New England coast. There was a smaller group of hotels, like The…

Jennie Dunham 5 West Chester St. Nantucket, Mass. Dear Mother, I have been over this bridge ten times today at least. Will see you before long. Olney

Notes: This card is the first of a pair sent by Olney on the same day. The coloring is really something… On the manufacturer of this card… In the few cases where this information hasn’t been provided clearly there would be other ways it may be…