A hundred years ago, Mrs. M. Emma Dunn lived in Reading.
(Her address is 1510 Hawk Street; I cannot find that the house is still standing there.)
In November of 1921, Emma received a Thanksgiving postcard from Coatesville, PA – a city about 30 miles south of Reading, in Chester County.
Unfortunately, I cannot decipher the name (“and family”) of the sender.
The postcard, printed in the United States, features an illustration of a child sitting atop an enormous pumpkin, another child leans against the large squash.
On the adjacent table, a colorful turkey stands solemnly, illuminated by a candle.
The legend, a folksy rhyme, expresses a wish that the correspondents could share Thanksgiving cheer together.
One hopes that Mrs. Dunn and her friends in Coatesville enjoyed a cheerful Thanksgiving.
May all the readers of the postcard stories experience the joy of Thanksgiving.
