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Friday, January 28, 2011

Early Oregon ~ Postcards to Litha:

These Oregon Pioneers, John and Sarah Letsom, are my great-great grandparents:


They had a daughter named Talitha.  In 1909, my great-grandmother Talitha (or Litha, for short) received these postcards in the mail:




You can click on this postcard or any 
photo to enlarge it for better viewing.


Florence, Talitha, John, Homer and Jack the dog.







Kids on the porch at the 
Letsom home in Scott's Valley, Oregon


My Great-Grandpa Ben and Great-Grandma Litha


Great Aunt Martha, Great Grandma Litha and Great Uncle Kit



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8 comments:

  1. juliejulieJanuary 28, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    Love this! I have some of those postcards too...in fact I think I have some that Ben sent to Talitha while he was courting her. Soooo romantic! That was all pre-Facebook of course.

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  2. Oregon Gifts of Comfort and JoyJanuary 28, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    Thanks! Did Nanny give you a picture frame with four of them? That is where these came from. I'd love to see yours. LOL, pre-FB ... how did we live?

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  3. MuseSwingsJanuary 29, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    These are wonderful pictures and cards! It's nice to see Litha through the years!

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  4. Oregon Gifts of Comfort and JoyJanuary 29, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Thank you, MS! I appreciate you stopping by to say hello. Take care.

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  5. Sheila @ A Postcard a DayJanuary 30, 2011 at 1:21 AM

    I love that you have a "trail" of postcards through the years! The one of the lighthouse is beautiful. I wonder why it was called Cape Disappointment. You could weave many stories around that. :)

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  6. Oregon Gifts of Comfort and JoyJanuary 30, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    Hi Sheila,

    Oh, thank you! I'm not sure why it is called that, but I'll find out and put a link on here to Cape Disappointment. Great idea. I appreciate you stopping by to say hi!

    God bless,

    Kathy

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  7. DorincardJanuary 31, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    Great blog! I'll follow. :)

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  8. Oregon Gifts of Comfort and JoyFebruary 1, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Thanks Dorin. I have you on my sidebar too.

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