Mrs. Marcel Calvet lived in Ridgewood, a lovely suburban village in Bergen County of northeast New Jersey – about 20 miles northwest of Manhattan.
This community has preserved a long list of historic buildings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgewood,_New_Jersey
In August of 1938, Mrs. Calvet received a postcard from Georgia.
Georgia mailed the postcard from Plymouth, the historic town and the seat of Plymouth County in eastern Massachusetts.
The settlement of Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620 led to one of the oldest towns in the US.
Plymouth has been a focus of devotion, myth-making, and historical inquiry of centuries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth,_Massachusetts
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The face of the postcard is a photograph of a statue, “Pilgrim Maiden”.
A bronze figure of a young woman is standing upon a rock, in Brewster Gardens – a park that extends to the waterfront in Plymouth.
Sculpted by Henry H. Kitson in 1922, the monument was commissioned by the National Society of New England Women.
This organization is a lineage society, founded in New York City, and originally limited to female descendants of ancestors born in New England before 1789.
Female descendants of residents of Nassau and Suffolk Counties of Long Island before 1700, were also made eligible to join.
Chapters of the Society, called “Colonies”, were established in 59 cities to promote educational and patriotic activities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Society_of_New_England_Women
The postcard was published by “Smith News Store” of Plymouth.
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On the reverse, Georgia has inscribed a brief message, “Hello! We are gypsies.”
I assume that the reference to gypsies refers to their movement from place to place.
Perhaps Mrs. Calvet had received postcards from other spots in New England.
The postcard seems to have been treasured; it was preserved in very good condition throughout the life of the addressee.
RESEARCH NOTE
Marcel Calvet was born to American citizens in Barcelona, Spain, in 1884; he immigrated to the United States in 1889.
In 1905, he was living in Manhattan.
He was the son of Pablo Calvet who owned an import/export firm and served as an officer of the Ecuadorean- American Association.
Marcel married Beatrice Fletcher of New York in September of 1910.
Beatrice came from a very large family (12 children) in Brooklyn, NY.
The couple moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey, sometime before the birth of their first child, Paul, in 1914.
A second child, a girl named Beatrice, was born in 1920.
Marcel later founded an import company under his own name, and the firm had an office on Wall Street in Manhattan.
Marcel died in New York Presbyterian Hospital in October of 1952.
He was 68 years old.
Beatrice Eunice Fletcher Calvet (who received this postcard) died in Ridgewood, NJ in May of 1966.
She was 87 years old.
Daughter, Beatrice Marcella Calvet (Hahn) Doolittle, died in October of 2011.
She and her first husband built a large recreational boating enterprise in New Jersey.
After the death of her first husband, Beatrice married a second time and the couple traveled extensively.
Son, Paul Eugene Cavet, died at age 87 in March of 2002.
Paul was married to Angela Roura Calvet for 44 years before her death.
The couple had three children -Linda, James, and Joseph who, with their children and grandchildren, survived him.
https://www.fhnfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Beatrice-Doolittle/#!/Obituary
