Postcard : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Green, Red ; Ht: 13 cm x W: 9 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
June 17, 1913
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
The front has an illustration of a man and a woman, the women is in a wedding dress sitting in a chair, and the man is in a suit and tie sitting on the arm of the chair beside her. On the back is a stamp from the Austrian-Hungarian Empire with a portrait of Kaiser Franz Joseph, worth 5 Heller. Narrative: This postcard was written by Bernhard Kissman (Donor's father) to his fiancee Fritzi Winter (Donor's mother) who lived at that time with her parents in Tescheutz, Bukowina. They got married in July 1913. Bernhard Kissman worked at various places in forestry. Postcards between them were written daily, often a letter followed.