This gem was hiding in a file folder - just waiting to be found. I'm fascinated with it, and couldn't resist posting this bit of history.
Notice how clear the postmark is - and the postage was only 1 cent!
Announcing the birth of Shirley Nadine Maxson
Her mother is Marjorie Davis Maxson, sister of Grandma Mable
It appears that the picture and text have been transferred to the post card by use of carbon paper which was in wide use until the mid 1950's. I wonder how many announcements the Maxsons sent . . . could have been a lot of tracing.
Fun Fact about carbon paper
from this website
Pellegrino Turri created carbon paper for his wife [probably his lover], who had gone blind from illness. He wanted a device she could use to duplicate her letters so she would not have to deal with the mess of a quill and ink and would not have to rewrite the same correspondences repeatedly for friends. The "CC" field used when sending emails to more than one recipient is a reference to carbon paper. It is an abbreviation for "carbon copy."
Pellegrino Turri created carbon paper for his wife, who had gone blind from illness. He wanted a device she could use to duplicate her letters so she would not have to deal with the mess of a quill and ink and would not have to rewrite the same correspondences repeatedly for friends. The "CC" field used when sending emails to more than one recipient is a reference to carbon paper. It is an abbreviation for "carbon copy."
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