“An Eager Suitor Aboard” – New Haven, Connecticut (1907)

Miss Anna Miller was in New Haven, the port city and University town in south-central Connecticut.

Located on a harbor on Long Island Sound, New Haven was a planned city established by New England Puritans in 1638.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut

In October of 1907, Miss Miller received a postcard from her Aunt Lena.

Aunt Lena mailed the postcard from Brooklyn, the most-populous borough of New York City and a center of industry and shipping.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn

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The face of the postcard is a romantic scene of a young couple on a boat.

The woman is elegantly-attired in a long white dress and sporting a fur stole.

Upon her head is a stylish bonnet.

Staring eagerly at then young beauty is a young man wearing a brown suit.

The features of the young man’s face are remarkably vivid.

His shirt has a stiff collar – the predominant fashion (however uncomfortable) of the time.

The young lady seems very much in control of the situation, however.

The postcard was printed in Europe, but I cannot distinguish a publisher’s mark.

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On the reverse, Aunt Lena inscribes a brief message, “Love to you”.

It may be that Anna was celebrating a birthday or some other special occasion.

Miss Miller seems to have been pleased by the charming drawing; she preserved the postcard in very good condition throughout her life.

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