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The Umbrella Is Hardly Big Enough

The Umbrella Is Hardly Big Enough
Ducking under "umbrellas or parasols" over at the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Margaret Thomas of Peoria, Illinois, sent this real photo postcard to Jane "Jennie" Klinger of State College, Pa., in 1907. The "picnic at Bradley" notation along the right-hand edge of the postcard may indicate that the photo was taken at the Bradley Polytechnic Institute (now Bradley University) in Peoria.

Peoria, Ill.
9/8/1907

Dear Jane,

The umbrella is hardly big enough for two, like you and I, but as trees grow to be very old in that country we might someplace find a kindly shade that would suffice for such a pair. Wish I could be with you all today.

Yours,

Margaret Thomas

Picnic at Bradley 9/2-1907

Addressed on the other side to:

Miss Jennie Klinger
State College Pa.
Centre Co. Care Bathgates RR

arts enthusiast, , have particularly liked this photo

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