These postcards were discovered last year in the Sierra Madre, California home of Warren Brown after his death. They were saved by his maternal grandparents, Edith Amy Duffield (1864-1926) and Charles Herman Sisson (1868-1927), and passed down to Warren, my husband’s cousin. Charles and Edith were married in Ottawa, Illinois in 1895 and remained there until the early 1920s when they moved west to Los Angeles, California.
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| Indiana Ave. East, State Bank, Fire Dept. and Opera House, Valparaiso, Ind. (E. C. Kropp Co, Pub, Milwaukee, No. 6598) |
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| Postmarked 21 July 1910 in Valparaiso, Ind. |
Addressed to:
Mrs Charles Sisson
Ottawa
Illinois
408 Marcy St
Message:
Dear Ede -
I thought you
might like a card
from here.
I am having a
good time will
tell you about every
thing soon.
Eva
Little sister Eva and husband Lyle continued to travel through Indiana. This card notes a stop in Valparaiso, Indiana. It sounds like the trip might be about to wrap up and Eva will soon have a chance to share all the news with her big sister Edith. I think it's just a coincidence that both this one and the last postcard from La Porte both feature an "Indiana Ave.". The towns are in neighboring counties, but the road doesn't extend the entire distance. Both towns seem to have an independent Indiana Avenue. As in the last postcard, I pulled up Google Maps and took a little tour. Again, I found the buildings featured in the postcard are still standing today. The bank (with the columns, on the end) looks the same, and even though the other buildings have had modifications since 1910, they are still easily identified. The purpose of Eva's trip is still unknown.
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