Saturday, July 27, 2013

Sepia Saturday

My family are not really into bibles as such - well not interesting heirloom type ones. However I do have some quite ancient cards that belonged to my great aunts and as these are in written form and are hand me downs, I guess they qualify under fairly loose criteria.

These are a selection of the cards all found in the effects of my late great-aunts about whom I have written before. In addition there were a number of exquisitely written notes - all in German - I must get them translated one day.



This next one is a funeral card for my great great grandmother.


 This one is a poem written by a pupil  to and for my great-aunt  "Tante Ida" who was a greatly loved teacher. None of my pupils ever addressed me in such elegant terms.






Liz Needle



16 comments:

  1. A fine collection of cards. Very interesting to hear of their personal writings.
    These make a heritage item to enjoy and guard for the future.

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  2. Wonderful cards! Very elaborate, elegant collection!

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  3. A splendid array of cards here!

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  4. What beautiful old cards. How lucky you have them. :->

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  5. How precious these old keepsakes become. And with paper mail almost a thing of the past, they become more special with each passing year.

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  6. You have some treasures here,Liz. And such a variety. The only thing I have even close to this is a collection of handwritten letters that I wrote to my sister when in college. So glad she kept them.

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  7. What elegant cards -- and prose or is it poetry. The rhythm was poetic so I guess I'd call it poetic prose.

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  8. The printed funeral/memorial cards seem far less common in the UK than in the US (and, I see, Australia). I don't know why that is, but I see far fewer of them in photo albums from the UK.

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  9. Very interesting keepsakes. I have kept letters written to me from my pupils or their mothers. Maybe I should keep them for someone to find and blog about in a hundred years.....probably wont blog then it will be something much more technically advanced.

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  10. These cards are beautiful, I don;t have anything like that.

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  11. What a lovely reflection of the past... It is sad that exchanging mai is nowday only for hollydays : there is nothing like receive some manuscript words of a friend.

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  12. I have never seen a funeral card from the UK and only a few all together. Precious keepsakes you have.

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  13. Beautiful pieces! More valuable for their age. Your great Tante Ida's pupil's tribute - it's like reading something from a classic novel. Love it!

    Hazel

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  14. Beautiful!
    Aah, the respect students used to have for their teachers!

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  15. They are a wonderful keepsake. The poem carries a lot of sincere admiration that would have been cherished to receive.

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  16. This is a treasure indeed; what a wonderful poem!

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