Cover Calendar For Month And Day -Pics

November 13 1902 (yesterday I got interrupted and saved this as a draft and forgot to post it later)





November 13 1935

November 14 1896, What's with the double cancellation?



November 14 1946

November 16, 1973:

November 16 1912





In 1914 a few blocks of Lake Street had installed 18 ornamental street lights, the first electrical street lights in Minnesota. The first time they were lit a German band played and fireworks were set off.

A couple of other interesting points that date that postcard:

1. If it wasn't for the postmark, there would be no way of telling what city the card originated from as both the addressee is listed as "City" and the reverse annoucement makes no mention of the city location.

2. The card asks people to attend a Club Meeting and Directors Meeting and ends with an announcement of a Dance and Card Party, but nowhere does it ever mention a time for any of those events.

3. The card contains no return address.

4. The dates only contain a month and day (no year). On the first line they use Nov. 19th (with a "th"), but on the next to the last line they use Nov. 22 (with no "nd") following. Seems like an inconsistent usage.

Much of this can be attributed to the date of the card being more than a century ago compared to all of the detail we seem to need in this day and age.

Another funny thing is that Mr Rogers sent an invitation to himself!

November 17th:

"To be advertised if not called for"

Wow! They really made an effort to deliver people's mail! And all for 3c!

November 17 1891, Mountain Dak, back-stamped Hamilton North Dakota November 18 1891, and Minneapolis Minn November 18 10 AM 1891.

North Dakota achieved statehood November 2 1889 so I wonder if the postmark in Mountain was left over from when it was a part of Dakota Territory. Would it take 2 years to change a postmark? It seems the postal service was more efficient than that back then.

Edit: I just realized that the scan does not clearly show the postmark. It only has DAK. instead of N. DAK. Mountain was founded in 1889 so it was a very new town at the time. Hamilton was founded in 1882.



November 17 1962

If I can assume that Mountain cover is from Mountain, ND (as it is known today) the town only has a current population of 92 people, yet they still have an active post office!

November 18, 1871 and 1947:

Thought you might be interested in further information on the cover addressed to Mrs. R. N. Swift of Acushnet, Mass., as postmarked from Savannah, Georgia in 1871. The connection that Mr. Rhodolphus Nye Smith had to the south and the live oak trade provides a good explanation for such communication back in the day:

Thanks wt1.

Two covers for November 19th:

November 19 1956 x2

The 1956 cover from Lackawanna, NY is a rather late use of a duplex cancel, too.