My great-grandmother Sibyl used to correspond with her sister-in-law Rosie in Danville via letters and postcards. When my grandmother was a year old in 1911, Sibyl sent this postcard to Rosie but wrote it as though it were from my grandmother to her cousin Coy (also a year old). It's postmarked from Washington D.C. on December 23, 1911 at 10:00 AM. She writes on the back:
"Dear Coy,
Your card came today. I went downtown with my mama today. Santa said he was going to send you something from Washington. My daddy has got a bad cold. Love to Aunt Lizzie and Grandma and you.
Love,
Virginia"
Among many other items, this postcard was saved by Rosie and given to my grandmother as a keepsake of her mother.
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