We met young Charlie Zimmerman in an earlier postcard story – his Papa sent loving greetings on a postcard with an illustration of deer grazing in the Fall.
The postcard today contains another message from Papa to his young son.
Neither postcard offers a reason for Papa’s absence, but both contain kind words to the boy, who is addressed as “Charlie boy”.
I picked up this postcard primarily for the image on the face – deer grazing on a mountain slope, with a gold balloon hovering above.
The postcard was initially attractive to me as evidence of the popular enthusiasm for airships of all kinds in the early 20th century.
The messages from Papa inspired me to pick up both postcards.
Master Charlie lived in Plumville, a small borough in Indiana County of west-central PA.
Plumville, today, is a smaller community than it was in 1910.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumville,_Pennsylvania
This postcard was mailed from Snow Shoe, a small borough near State College in Centre County, PA.
Papa was about 85 miles from Charlie when he mailed the postcard in November of 1910.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Shoe,_Pennsylvania
On the reverse, Papa asks, “How are you?”
Papa references a recent visit of Charlie “down at grandpa’s.”
In closing, Papa encourages Charlie to “be a good boy till I come home.”
One hopes that all went well for Charlie, Papa, and all the folks connected to them in the Fall of 1910.
