We all recognize that pitiful feeling.
Far from home and kinfolk,
down on your luck,
Far from home and kinfolk,
down on your luck,
uncertain of tomorrow,
much less the rest
much less the rest
of your future.
What to do?
What to do?
But it helps to have one good friend
who lends an ear to share your misery
and will always support you
as much as they can.
who lends an ear to share your misery
and will always support you
as much as they can.
Maybe it's time to move on.
Leaving
DENVER
DENVER
Ask mother why she don't
write to me __________
write to me __________
This postcard was addressed to
Miss Bessie Welsh of Breckenridge, Missouri.
It has a postmark from Denver, Colorado
on May 21, 1910 at 7:30 PM.
Miss Bessie Welsh of Breckenridge, Missouri.
It has a postmark from Denver, Colorado
on May 21, 1910 at 7:30 PM.
Kelley
Melda ^ gave me
Dear sister I got your
letter and am all right
letter and am all right
I am brock now but
am going to work
from your brother
Loren Welsh
This postcard is no longer in my collection
as several years ago I gave it
to a former Sepia Saturday blogger
Tattered and Lost Photographs,
whose devotion to the eclectic and wonderful genre
of vernacular photography inspired me to look closer
at old snapshots, postcards, and photo ephemera.
I am indebted to Linda for introducing me
to the fine art of deconstructing a photo
into separate components, the better to see
into the subjects' faces and a photographers eye.
Since her blog is now retired I don't think she'll mind
that I post this fellow for our Sepia Halloween
as several years ago I gave it
to a former Sepia Saturday blogger
Tattered and Lost Photographs,
whose devotion to the eclectic and wonderful genre
of vernacular photography inspired me to look closer
at old snapshots, postcards, and photo ephemera.
I am indebted to Linda for introducing me
to the fine art of deconstructing a photo
into separate components, the better to see
into the subjects' faces and a photographers eye.
Since her blog is now retired I don't think she'll mind
that I post this fellow for our Sepia Halloween
so that he can plead, "Trick or treat?"
and makes us smile for a second.
I expect everyone has known
I expect everyone has known
a brother/cousin/friend like Loren.
They deserve a treat, too.
They deserve a treat, too.
This is my contribution to Sepia Saturday
where any trick is worth a treat.
5 comments:
Quite a postcard! I do hope Loren wasn't quite as down & out as the poor fellow in the picture. Happy Halloween! :)
Interesting card…as well as the story of your ownership and sharing. The ink blog over the stamp is interesting…probably came after it had been posted. I’m surprised we didn’t learn about the photographer! Happy Halloween/Samhain!
Poor Loren! Broke, far from home, and missing letters from family. More than a century later he's still tugging at our heartstrings and making us smile.
Such a heart-rending photo that clearly captured poor Loren's situation. One can almost see him carefully selecting the post-card to underscore his desire to hear from family. It's postmarked in May. Here's hoping he eventually had a Happy Halloween!
Such a sad story!
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