Christmas Cards, 1932

Dear Friends,
Well I hope you had a very week. Mine was uneventful. I do have to work on Saturday. That does not make me very happy. I just hope it will start easing up soon. I feel so much better when I can get two days off in a row. I know I sound like a whiner.
Anyway, I decided to show you 8 Christmas cards from 1932. I hope you enjoy them:

 (written on the back)  Merry Xmas to you Gladys  Post mark Dec. 24, 1932 Chicago, Ill

 Post mark: Dec. 21, 1932 Ogema, Wis

 Post mark Dec. 21, 1932 Chicago, Ill.

 Post mar: Dec. 22, 1932 Ogema, Wis.

 Post mark: Dec. 22, 1932 Chicago, Ill

 Post mark: Dec. 21, 1932 Saint Paul Minn.

 Post mark: Dec. 22, 1932 Ogema, Wis.

(written on the back) From Helen Balusik, Post mark: Dec. 20, 1932 Evanston, Ill.

I hope you will enjoy all of these cards. They are all like postcards but all were all in envelopes.

Well, I think that is all I'm going to share with you today.
I know I should share more but I am running low on scrap book pictures and jokes.
I promise the next one will have both of those plus a letter.
I'm also looking for other things to share.
You just have to keep dropping in from time to time. You never know what could show up that is Fading History.
So till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Estella Oros: Dec. 23 1932; Ann Dec. 27, 1932 Gary Ind.

Dear Friends,
I hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was short but it was drama free. The weather is not exactly what I like. More snow. Maybe I just have to throw my hands up and just say Uncle.
Anyway, here are two Christmas cards and a letter from Estella and Ann from Gary Ind.:

I very nice Christmas card. I wish they were still used today but they aren't.

Now from Ann:

As always, for those that find it hard to read, here is what I think it says:

                     Dec.    1932
                     Gary Ind.
Dear Howard:
      I'm sorry I haven't answered
your letter the way I should have, but any way
as long as you will write, to me I will to
when you stop, well of course I must then
also, untill then I will always write soon
or late.
By the way where are you going to spend
your Xmas this year? I'm just sitting at
home, most of the times. Now talk about
getting Xmas presents, I don't think I'll get
any, will you? You know since I ain't
been working I can't have money to spend,
like I use to, so thats why I stay at
home most. where do you keep yourself?
don't you go much around? I bet you have
the swellest times all over there. Estel told
me you had written to her and that you
wanted to know why I didn't write soon,
you know how it is I plan to write and
then something else comes up but anyway
I'll not stop till you do

she said maybe because you write to her
that I get sore, oh no I don't get
sore or jealous of anybody, I love to
have you write to her and me also,
well Howard I don't really know what
to do anymore staying at home not
working can't have any nice clothes
like some girls have or any spending
money, what would you do in my case
Howard? Write me a lot to comfort
me, maybe it will make me happy
don't forget to send me a XMAS card
for Christmas I'm sending you one
write me a lot Please send me a
few pictures of you and your friends
and and give me some more addresses
of your boy friend so I could write
to them, I love to write to strangers
and they should send their pictures I'll
send mine also it will make me
feel better I get a kick out of it
now I'll close
(Written along the side)
To the most Wonderful boy I know
Estel say hello Your True Friend Ann.

This is the Xmas card she included:

Another very nice Christmas card.

Well, Ann's letter makes her sound very lonely. I hope she was able to find a job and get some money for the things she needed. I also hope she was able to find some very nice to her and wrote to her often.
The 1930's was not an easy time for many.

Here is a picture from the scrap book:

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mullins are
shown here after they were mar-
ried recently by a Springfield
(Mo.) justice or the peace. Mullins
is 7 feet 9 inches tall and Mrs.
Mullins is 5 feet 3 inches. Mullins
weighs 287 pounds and is from At-
lanta, Ga., Mrs. Mullins from Chi-
cago, is the former Anita Sbertoli.
Both are dancers in vaudeville.

Now I know what I would look like next to someone that is 7 feet 9 inches tall. I'm 5 feet 2 1/2 inches tall. They look very happy.

Now here is a joke from the joke book, "Bedtime Laughs" 1956:

Darn, no cat swinging. What I bummer.

Finally a random picture:

No idea where this was taken but it says it was developed June 1964.

Well, that's all I have to share with you today.
I hope you will come back soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

Christmas Cards: Dec. 20 & 21, 1929 Saint Paul, Minn.

Dear Friends,
I hope you were able to stay dry this last weekend. It was wet here. Not as wet as Texas. I can't hardly imagine experiencing that kind of disaster. My heart goes out to all who are having to deal with it.
I was not able to go hiking because of the rain. I'm hoping this next week we will be able to get the hiking done for the year, before the different hunting seasons start.
Anyway, here are a couple of Christmas cards:

 With Hearty Good wishes for
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

(On the back)
From Alfred & Selma
and Lois Marie

It was addressed to both Howard & Thomas Johnson.

Sincerely wishing you
a very happy Christmas followed by
other days just as happy

From Emma Roseen

This one was addressed only to Thomas.

I like these old style Christmas cards. Just very simple.

Here is a picture from the scrap book:

Dr. L. Gillmor Long (inset) climbed 50 feet up a ladder, hung by his right hand as he worked
left handed, and amputated the arm of John McCoy, who was trapped in the cab of his crane
(shown here) at the Lowell Gas & Light Co in Lowell, Mass. McCoy had been pinned to a steel
girder (indicated by arrow) when the cab broke loose. He is in serious condition, but was given
an even chance Thursday to recover from the ordeal, which occurred in zero weather.

Someone wrote on the side: "Died one week later".

I wonder if a doctor today would do this same thing to save someone in this same position.

Here are a few pages from the joke book, "Bedtime Laughs":

I scanned two pages at once because some of the jokes are continued on another page.
Enjoy.

Here is a random picture:

This is the way they use to do the hay. I think, maybe, Grandpa might be on the tractor that is working the baler. Not sure who is driving the first one.

Well, that's about all I have to share with you today.
I hope you have a great week.
Don't forget to drop by again real soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy

Christmas Cards, 1925

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good week. Mine was nice. The weather was warm and I was able to take the dog for a walk everyday. Which she enjoys very much and looks forward to going.There is no getting out of it when the sun is shinning, she won't let me.
Enough of that. Here are five Christmas cards that Grandpa saved from 1925. I decided to show you them all at once because there were no letters included in any of them.

Walter F. Walin
wishes you
a very Merry Christmas and happiness
in the Coming Year
(Post mark Chicago, Ill.)

May Christmas pleasures be so true
And bring such happiness to you,
They will leave, when they depart
happy keepsakes in your heart.
(This is from R. Gustafson. Post mark Duluth, Minn.)

This one is from Emma. Post mark Duluth, Minn.

At Christmas allow me to wish you
Happiness in every way,
Sunny good Cheer throughout the Year
And joys that linger and stay
( This one is from Milwaukee.The last name is Barry.)

I'm not sure who this one is from. It was from Ogema.

All these cards were post marked around the 21st or 22nd of December, that's way I decided to show you them all at once. They are on thicker kind of paper almost cardboardish. I like them because they are simple and just a way of saying Merry Christmas.

Here are a few random pictures for you to see.

I was told at one time that the little boy might be Grandpa and the other two are his brothers. It was taken by O.L. Thornbladh, near city hall in ironwood, Mich.

Not sure who these people are.

This is a picture of the milk house and a cart. I have that cart in my yard. I'll have to take a picture of it sometime and show you.

Well that's about all I have for you today. Except I will tell you that Saturday my Dad, Clement, will be honored by the city with a Lifetime Achievement award.
So till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy