Hand-painted postcards, drawn in black ink, depicting children playing outside (Addition 2) 2023-0064

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 5
Extent:
0.04 Cubic Feet legal size folder
Scope and content:

Addition 2 of MSS 16758, the University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains seven hand-painted postcards presumably created by Elisabeth, the sender. The postcards, drawn in black ink, depict children playing outside: a child pushing another child's sled; two children talking under a tree in spring/summer; two children playing with a balloon; a girl having a picnic with a bunny; one older and one younger girl in the snow; an older girl on a swing; and a girl on a dock by a body of water.

Two of the postcards have written messages and are addressed to Miss Henebry and Miss Camilla Cole. The cards are postmarked Mount Kisco, NY, July 14 and 15, 1922. Both are sent in the care of Graham Miles of Alexandria Bay, New York.

Miles was a stockbroker and hydroplane racer. He married and divorced Louise Clover Boldt, the daughter of George and Louise Boldt, wealthy Philadelphians and owners of the Boldt Castle in the Thousand Islands. Miles and Boldt had a daughter, Clover Wotherspoon Miles, but Miles's connection to Elisabeth or the other children named is unclear.

Language:
English

Access and use

Location of collection:
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Preferred citation:

MSS 16758, University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building Addition 2, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.