Miss Mayme Pulcher lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan
Mayme had a devoted suitor, Tom, who traveled through the upper Midwest for his business.
Every day, Tom sent a postcard to Mayme; I have seen more than a hundred of Tom’s postcards -now in the collections of antique dealers.
On March 22, 1908, Tom sent a postcard from Detroit.
The face of the postcard is a charming photograph of a young couple; the young man is identified as Rory O’More.
The postcard was printed in Great Britain, possibly in Ireland – the young man is given an Irish-sounding name.
The publisher seems to be the Rotary Photographic Company.
Beneath the photograph is a rhyming couplet:
“Now Rory leave off Sir, you’ll hug me no more;
That’s eight times today that you’ve kissed me before!”
Tom, apparently a good Catholic lad, writes beneath the printed verse,
“Did not happen in Lent, though”.
On the reverse, Tom notes the beautiful Spring weather and expresses a hope that Mayme is well.
We hope that the separated lovers enjoyed a joyful reunion at Easter.
