Miss Mayme Pulcher lived in Grand Rapids, the center of industry and commerce on the Grand River in Michigan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan
We know from earlier postcard stories, that Mayme was the daughter of a successful merchant in Grand Rapids, and that she maintained a postal relationship with a devoted correspondent for several years.
This postcard is another example of the greetings sent to Mayme from Tom – who mailed postcards almost every day.
Tom seems to live in Detroit, but his postcards reveal that he traveled for business to various places in the upper Midwest.
In October of 1908, Tom sent another postcard to Mayme.
The face of this postcard shows an elegant couple seated on a bench in a park or public garden.
The young man has grasped the hand of the young woman, but she pushes him away.
The scene is not titled, but it is clear that the lover’s suit is being declined emphatically.
On the reverse, Tom tells Mayme, “wish I could coax you to come to Detroit to see the games this week.”
I assume that these are baseball games, but I have not researched what games might have been played in Detroit in the Fall of 1907.
Tom reports that he received a nice letter form some other person, and the “nice card” from Mayme.
I have more than twenty postcards that Tom mailed to Mayme, and there are dozens more available from dealers in old paper.
From my small selection, I know that Tom was a very faithful correspondent.
When I uncovered genealogical information about Mayme Pulcher, I was devastated to learn that she had never married.
Tom never included his last name, so we do not know the end of his story.
Knowing that the postal relationship between Tom and Mayme did not extend further into their lives, we may feel that the picture on the postcard has added meaning.
