Sadie, Mrs. Harry Tiffany, lived in Tomahawk – a small city in northern Wisconsin, in an area that was still hunted by Ojibwe peoples until the 1870’s.
With the coming of the “Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad”, Tomahawk entered a boom period for the logging and saw mill industry.
In December of 1914, Sadie received a Christmas postcard from her Aunt Etta who lived in Plainfield, Wisconsin.
Plainfield is a village in central Wisconsin, about 100 miles south of Tomahawk.
The postcard, published by S. Bergman, was printed in the United States – the Great War had dissolved the transatlantic trade in postcards.
On the face, the postcard bears a simple verse surrounded by a ribbon with holly leaves.
On the reverse, Aunt Etta sends “love to all”.
The postcard was preserved for more than a century, but it was exposed to water at some time and bears considerable staining and foxing.
(The image here has been digitally-repaired.)
One hopes that Sadie and all her family, along with Aunt Etta enjoyed a blessed Christmas.
