Gerhard Vogt lived in Moundridge, a small city in central Kansas
(Between 1874 and 1880, thousands of Russian Mennonites fled Crimea and settled in this area.
The new settlers introduced methods of dry-land farming, flour-milling, and the planting of winter wheat that they had practiced in Crimea.
Until the end of World War II, the area still had a significant German-speaking population.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moundridge,_Kansas
In March of 1907, Gerhard received a postcard from Newton, Kansas, a city about 16 miles southeast of Moundridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton,_Kansas
Unfortunately, the signature of the sender cannot be deciphered by me.
The face of the postcard is an illustration of a long-skirted gal alighting from a kayak.
She is wearing a jaunty sailing outfit that would appear ridiculous to contemporary kayakers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayak
Titled, “Landing”, the artwork was copyright in 1906.
One hopes that Gerhard was amused by the postcard and that he enjoyed a wonderful Spring in 1907.
On-line, one can find a Gerhardt O. Vogt, born in Kansas in 1891.
If this is “our” Gerhard Vogt, the young man would have been about 16 years old when he received the postcard.
