Mary Mattingly: June 21, 1928 Springfield, Ky.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a very nice weekend. Mine was good. I got a few things put away for the winter. I have a number of little statues that I always like to put away for the winter. It will not be long and winter will be knocking on our door.
Anyway, here is the next letter from Mary Mattingly. It's always a bigger challenge trying to figure out her letters.

  As always, for those that find it hard to read here is what it is. I've done my best to figure out exactly what it says:

                    Willisburg Ky
                     June 19 1928
Dear Friend Howard
I received your letter yesterday
and it is so wet and we can't work I
will answer your letter for we will
be busy when it gets dry for a
while my garden looks good if it
would fair up so I could work it
the ground have hardening been dry
enough to work for three night
you know have for be kind we are
with our work it is fair today
and I take it will scurry that till
we can get home work done
which do you like the first town

                .2.
or the country it is nice you don't
use tobacco there an't many in our
country that don't But i think
it is a bad habit don't you
Well I have some pictures made
on that I will get them by
the time you write again and I
will have you one as soon as I get
them I'm sure you are tired waiting But
I had some taken once and they
weren't any good an I have had them
taken again I think they will be good
this time I know so far you are
tired looking for a picture an I don't
blame you but I can't help it I would have
sent it long go if I had had one so I will
close for this time looking to hear from you
again soon.

From your Friend
Mary Mattingly


I did my best to figure out what she meant but I know I did got a lot of it wrong. Maybe you can do a better job of figuring it out.
She is still promising to send a picture of herself.
  She must live in Willisburg but it gets postmarked in Springfield.

Here are two more viewer cards from the "Scene's from New York":

 Interior of Madison Square Garden at Night.

Madison Square at Night.

The picture of the interior of Madison Square Garden is from the second version of it. The one we know today is the third version of it.
Here is what Wikipedia had to say about it:
 Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the second by that name, and the second to be located at 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Built in 1890 at the cost of a half-million dollars and closing in 1925, the arena hosted numerous events, including boxing matches, orchestral performances, light operas and romantic comedies, the annual French Ball, both the Barnum and the Ringling circuses, and the Democratic National Convention in 1924, which nominated John W. Davis after 103 ballots. The 1890 version replaced the first Madison Square Garden, and was itself replaced by the third Madison Square Garden (which was the first to be located away from Madison Square).

And as for Madison Square this is what Wikipedia has to say about that:
 Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States. The focus of the square is Madison Square Park, a 6.2-acre (2.5-hectare) public park, which is bounded on the east by Madison Avenue (which starts at the park's southeast corner at 23rd Street); on the south by 23rd Street; on the north by 26th Street; and on the west by Fifth Avenue and Broadway as they cross.

The park and the square are at the northern (uptown) end of the Flatiron Districtneighborhood of Manhattan. The neighborhood to the north and west of the park isNoMad ("NOrth of MADison Square Park") and to the north and east is Rose Hill.

Here is a random picture for you to look at:

No idea when this was taken or who they are. 

Well that's about all I have to share with you today.

I hope you will come back soon for more Fading History.

Till then.

Your friend,

Sandy

Mary Mattingly: June 7, 1928 Springfield Ky.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was good as usual, no drama for me anyway. So I guess I'll get to the letter right away.
It is a very hard letter to read. The writing is very faded or Mary did not write it very dark. So here it is:

As always, for those that find it hard to read here it is:

                Willisberg Ky.
                June 3 1928
Dear Friend Howard I take
the pleasure in answering your
letter I got the other day
was glad to hear from you
I have been so busy I hadn't
had time to answer it is raining
here now I guess I will have to
sit after tomorrow I guess
you don't raise any tobacco
We raise corn and tobacco wheat
oats in garden I don't like
tobacco much Maybe I will
have a picture to send

           2
you in my next letter I guess
you are going to get it
I had some taken but they
wasn't good no I haven't any
car I am working for one but
I haven't got it me I don't
but close to the motion
it is awful don't hear this spring
But there is right small size
litter akkler hear them to
any time to get lonesome
with any of is me  I don't
Guess so I will close it
is getting late looking to hear
from you from Mary Mattingly

I know I got a lot of the words wrong, so I want to say I'm sorry. Between the bad spelling and light writing it was very hard to figure out what she was trying to say.
I don't know if she really meant tobacco or not but it kind of made sense. Maybe someone else will be able to figure it out better then I did.
The post mark was Springfield Ky.

Anyway, here are two more cards from "The scenes from New York " set:

 The Famous Bowery as it is today.

 
 Market under East River Bridge.

Like I've told you I know nothing about New York at all.
I looked up the famous Bowery because I wanted to know what it looks like today.
I think this is an image of maybe the same area:


I got the image from Wikipedia.
I'd say, boy has it changed.

As for the scene of the market under the East River Bridge, I don't think it looks anything like the one in the old viewer.



I'm not sure if this a picture that could have been taken in the same area or not. I don't think they have the kind of markets today as they use to.

Here is a random picture for you to look at.

I'm not sure if I have shown you this one before or not. I do not have any idea who this is or when it was taken.

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

Mary Mattingly: May 18, 1928 Springfield, Ky.

Dear Friends,
I hope everyone had a good holiday weekend. Mine was good. No drama. Just the way I like it. Got together with family on Saturday at the family cabin. It was just what I needed. The best part of the whole weekend, it didn't rain here for once. But I think that is about to change.Time to batten down the hatches, again.
Here is the next letter from Mary Mattingly:

 Her letters are always more challenging, so as always for those that find it hard to read, here is what I think it says:

          '1'
                Springfield Ky
                   May 17 1928
Dear Friend Howard
Just got your nice letter
was sure glad to hear
from you and hear you was
having some good weather
it is raining hear
to day
We was needing rain
real bad I have
a pretty garden but
it was needing rain
What kind of grain
do you sow
yes I will send you
a picture as soon as
I get them What I
had made was not
any good but I am

       '2'
to have some more
made in a few days
and I will send you one
as soon as I get them
and I will be sure
glad to get one of
you on your farm
don't for get me when
you have them made
yes it would be nice
if you had a sister
to keep house for
you
do you have lots of fruit
in your county
there is a nice praslict (?)
after fruit here now
if nothing baking to it
for I know you enjoy
your radio they are nice

        '3'
I wish had one it would
be so much company
I don't guess you ever
get lonesome
do you live close to
the road I don't
live close to the
road that is why
I get so lonesome
don't you get mad
at me because
I haven't sent you
a picture I am
going to as soon as
I can get some
made that is good
So I will close looking
to hear from you again
soon from a
              Friend Mary.

I hope I got it right. There was that one word I was not sure about what it could be. That is why the ? mark behind it. I corrected as many of the words as I could. But I'm sure I still got some of them wrong.
Other wise not to much here. Just promising to send a picture as soon as she gets a good one. And mentioning the weather. Not sure how many more letter from her there are or if she ever did send a picture.

Here are two more viewer cards. These are just a few single ones. There might have been a larger set at one time. Maybe one of my other relatives have the rest.

 The funeral of President McKinley Receiving vault in Westlawn Cemetery, Canton Ohio U.S.A.
The second one is what is written on the back. "The Sermon- Concluded."
I'm sure there was more to this set but I'm not sure what happened to them.

 Ghastly Glimpse of Wounded Belgians in Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.

The Horror of War- Ghastly Glimpse of Wounded.
This is what is written on the back of this one. I think this is from WWI.
A you can see this one belonged to a larger set.

Here is a random picture for you to look at.

No idea who this is or when it was taken.
Just another reminder to you, always put names on the back of a picture so that generations form now people will at least now who it was in the picture.

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