This is 24/100 in a series of postcards from 1908-1914 discovered last year in the Sierra Madre, California home of Warren Brown after his death. The collection of memorabilia was saved by his grandparents and passed down to Warren, my husband’s cousin.
Warren’s mother, Edythe Grace Sisson (1897-1978), was the daughter of Edith Amy Duffield (1864-1926) and Charles Herman Sisson (1868-1927). Charles and Edith were married in Ottawa, Illinois in 1895. They remained there until the early 1920s when they moved west to Los Angeles, California. |
Boat House, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Notice the canoes on this card form the shape of a flower or star on the water. A small group is enjoying a picnic in the shade on the lake shore. The elegant boathouse building still exists today as Cafe Brauer, a seasonal restaurant.
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Postmark:
Hammond, Ind.
Jan 20, 1910
To: Mrs. Chas. Sisson.
Marcy St.
Ottawa. Ill.
Dear Friend,
I am having
a nice time. Was
to Chicago to the
theatre & am going
to-night again.
Lovingly.
Mrs. Stiles
This card was penned by Carrie Stiles, also the sender of cards 13, 14, 20, and 22. She addresses them to "friend", but I haven't yet researched further to find out more about Mrs. Stiles.
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