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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Postcard to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Beverly, Massachusetts
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Postcard to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Beverly, Massachusetts

primary (1864 - 1958)
Date31 December 1918
Place MadeBeverly, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on card stock
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.001450
eMuseum ID725259
EmbARK ObjectID28170
TMS Source ID11762
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
MarksNotesPostcard printed (recto): The Red Cross / Needs You / I'm sewing all day / and knitting all night / And saving, between times, / with all my might - / The Red Cross needs / every worker, you see, / So dont expect many letters from me! / When the war is over, / we want to say / that we did out best / For the U.S.A. / Sandford Card Co,
Postcard printed (verso upper): By a distinction all its own, / The Sandford Message Card is known. / ...
Postcard stamped (Prides Crossing / 1918 / Dec / 31 / 10 AM / Mass.
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Louise Marie Endicott
28 November 1918
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Louise Marie Endicott
early 20th century
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Katherine Alice Loring
late 19th century - early 20th century
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Frederick Leopold William Richardson
late 19th century - early 20th century