Pic of the Week (#145) - "Hello Pickles, How you was?" - Postcard (1910)

Every Friday The Psychogenealogist shares a "Pic of the Week." The intent is to encourage thought and imagination about the spaces where psychology, genealogy, and history converge.

This postcard shows two young suitors in a tender embrace being chased down by a driver and two passengers in a red car.

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It reads:

The Only Two On Earth

It appears to be postmarked from Kearney, Nebraska. The handwritten date at the the top reads 9/24/1910. The addressee is:

Mr. Frank Hollingsworth

Kearney, Neb.

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The back reads:

Hello Pickles. How you

was? So sorry you

are so lonesome.

Boo hoo! My but these

rainy days makes

me blue. Don’t they

you. My goodness the

folks have company

and I can hardly hear

myself think.

I am pretty sure that is right, but let me know if you think there are corrections to be made.

Questions:

  • Who is Mr. Frank Hollingsworth and what is his story?

  • Who is writing to him?

  • What is the relationship between the two?

  • Who is the “company”?

  • How did Frank get the nickname “Pickles”?

  • What do you think, feel, and wonder about as you consider this postcard?

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