Miss Bernice Hughes lived on a Rural Delivery Route near Birmingham, a city in Oakland County of southeast Michigan.
Early explorers mistakenly identified the area as “swampy” so European settlers did not arrive until 1818.
Today, Birmingham is a wealthy eastern suburb of Detroit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Michigan
On the postcard, someone (probably a post office clerk) added the name, “Virginia Hughes” to the address.
In August of 1939, Bernice received a postcard from “Jin” – the handwriting is unclear.
The postcard was mailed from the Hollywood PO Station in Los Angeles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Los_Angeles
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The face of the linen-style postcard is a photograph of the “Famous Hollywood Bowl”.
This hillside arena, in the style of an ancient Greek amphitheater, was created in the Hollywood Hills beginning in 1919.
Owned by Los Angeles County and maintained as a public park, the stage is widely-considered one of the greatest music venues in the US.
It is the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Bowl
Here, the Bowl is filled with attendees at an Easter Service – a large cross is visible on the stage.
A blurb notes that this is an annual event that attract thousands of participants.
On-line, there are hundreds of photographs documenting crowded Easter services and Easter concerts throughout the 20th century.
Easter attendance diminished at the beginning of the 21st century and Easter events were discontinued circa 2021.
This postcard photograph was published by “tichnor art company” (sic) of L. A.
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On the revere, the message begins with “Dear B.” and, “Here again”
I believe that “here again” refers to previous postcards that are referenced later.
Our writer sounds somewhat bored when adding, “Nothing to see but Huntington ___”.
The party will “start home tomorrow”.
Overall, the trip has been “a grand time” in which Jin “gained 10 pds.”
For “your Dad and Uncle John”, the traveler is bringing “a hula girl” – “if I don’t break them before I get there”.
The writer hopes that Bernice has “had a nice summer” and will try to get in touch before school “.
There are other referenced to Nell and Bing, and an inquiry about Chet.
One hopes that all returned safely from the western excursion and that the friends met again before the beginning of school.
