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You Are a Lobster! – West Poland, Maine (circa 1905)

Mr. Frank Dudley lived in West Poland, an unincorporated village in Androscoggin County of southern Maine.

https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Poland,_Maine

Sometime around 1905, Frank was given a postcard by an unnamed friend.

The face of the postcard bears the drawing of a large, red lobster.

Above the lobster are printed the words, “You Are A”.

I don’t know if being called a lobster was a taunt peculiar to Maine.

The postcard was not mailed, suggesting that the sender may have presented it in person.

The one-cent stamp was not cancelled; it could be used today (with a lot more postage).

I hope that Frank found that being categorized as a lobster was not an unpleasant state and that he enjoyed the postcard.

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