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A Fourth Mirror Writing Card From Louisa To Lance

September 30, 2020

This is the fourth of four cards sent by Jessie Louisa Smith to her future husband Thomas Lance Simmons in 1907. They are all written in mirror writing. They have all been returned to their rightful owner, their grand daughter.

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Tags willesden, 1907, London, Postcard, Watford, Hertfordshire, Smith, Simmons, Mirror Writing
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Herrmann AKA Harman

April 30, 2020

The story behind this 1906 postcard involves a change of surname during WWI

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Tags postcard, 1906, Herrmann, Harman, Foulkes, Jones, Watford, Hertfordshire, Llwyngwril, Merionethshire
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Fanny's Mother Is Not Well, But Getting Better

April 6, 2018

This 1905 card is one of a series related to the Werrell family of Berkshire. In it, Fanny writes to her future sister-in-law about the health of her mother.

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Tags postcard, 1905, Werrell, Oliver, Ware, Hertfordshire, Frilsham, Berkshire
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