In 1910, sixty-year-old Sarah Hetyke posed for this photo next to the blooming mock orange tree in her yard and then wrote a poignant message to her three-year-old nephew on the back of it (see below).
Handwritten on the back of this real photo postcard:
Lewis Stifler
Aug. 9, 1910
Dear Lewis,
I am 60 and you are 3. You keep this to look at when I am dead and gone, and remember me. And I hope you will grow up to be a good and useful man.
Lovingly,
Your Aunt Sarah Hetyke
Taken in the yard beside the mock orange tree when [it was] in full bloom.
A proud of their blooming plant photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.
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A touching portrait of a man and woman with their little dog perched on a chair.
A selection for the Vintage Photos Theme Park of a photo that pulls at your heartstrings—poignant.
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For this photo, see full cabinet card, cropped version, and detail showing close-up of inset photo.
Photographer: Beals, 23 Douglas Ave., Elgin, Ills.
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For this photo, see full cabinet card, cropped version, and detail showing close-up of inset photo.
Photographer: Beals, 23 Douglas Ave., Elgin, Ills.
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For this photo, see full cabinet card, cropped version, and detail showing close-up of inset photo.
Photographer: Beals, 23 Douglas Ave., Elgin, Ills.
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