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Emma Wilhelmi Postcard Collection
Emma Wilhelmi Postcard Collection
The Emma Wilhelmi Postcard Collection (collection number 053) is part of the holdings of the Department of Archives and Special Collections in the William H. Hannon Library at Loyola Marymount University. The collection is open to all researchers who are willing to comply with the rules of the Department of Archives and Special Collections.
The collection consists of 233 postcards, two bookmarks and one album in 3 boxes, totaling approximately .5 linear feet. The collection was a gift of Eleanor B. Hall in July 2001.
This is a collection of postcards belonging to Emma Wilhelmi who lived in Santa Monica. With only a few exceptions the postcards are addressed to her and are from correspondents in other states, in southern California, Mexico and Europe. Several cards are from her cousin Robert Ulrich who lived or traveled in Germany. The cards date from the period 1905-1912. A majority of the cards (207) were mounted in an album. These have been removed for preservation and research purposes and placed in plastic sleeves in the same order as they appeared in the album. These cards are in box one. The album itself is in box three. A smaller number of cards (26) were not in an album. These have been placed in plastic sleeves and may be found in box two.
Box One:
p. 1
a. [Woman with flowers]
b. Louisenpark, Erfurt.
c. Zoologischer Garten, Turm., Frankfrut a. M.
d. Rittershaus-Denkmal, Barmen
p. 2
a. Scene at Long Beach, June, 1907
b. New Barracks, Fort Monroe
c. Sons of Buttinsky (license to butt into conversations)
d. Fischerfahrzeug im sturm, Nordsee
p. 3
a. "Kiss me in your dreams"
b. Christmas Greetings
c. Gruss aus dem Schweizerhaus, Gross-Tabarz
d. [Portrait of a woman]
p. 4
a. Artillery Administration Building, Fort Riley, Kansas
b. Blick a. d. Kyffhauser
c. Louisenstrasse mit Berbahn, Barmen
d. Gruss von der Weser
p. 5
a. Hotel Chamberlin, Fortress Monroe, Va.
b. Blick vom Gensel'schen Park, Zschopau
c. Gruss aus Weltzar. Blick auf Lahn and Dom.
d. Old Point Comfort light house and Fort Monroe, Va.
p. 6
a. Stadttheater, Gottingen
b. Bahnof, Barmen
c. La Cattedrale, Milano
d. Army Y.M.C.A., Fortress Monroe, Va.
p. 7
a. Briefmarken-Sprache
b. Marienthal
c. Eisleben, Kaiseri. Postamt.
d. Flag and Great Seal of Texas
p. 8
a. Gruss von "Haus Kron" bei Saarn a/d Ruhr
b. Hauptwache, Sondershausen
c. Vendeder de tablas
d. Birds eye view of the Exposition
p. 9
a. [Three story Building]
b. [A house with fence]
c. [A man on a rocking chair and a woman outside a house]
d. [A man and a woman infront of a house]
p. 10
a. The moat and water-battery, Fortress Monroe, Va.
b. Steinerne Bracke,Wetzlar
c. Fortress Monroe, Va.
d. [Gentleman and a porter with luggage]
p. 11
a. First Christian Church, Los Angeles, Ca.
b. Auto Girl
c. The Mount Lowe Incline R.R., California
d. Bridal Path, near Santa Monica, Cal.
p. 12
a. Gruss von Rhein, Ruine Farstenberg
b. Wartburg, Sr. Maj. Kaiser Wilhelm II
c. Castillo de Chapultepec
d. Gruss aus Freyburg a. u.
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p. 13
a. A Mountain Scene
b. Center of Park, Junction City, Kans.
c. An der Promenade, Goslar a. Marz
d. [Mountains and stream]
p. 14
a. Fortress Monroe, Va.
b. Gruss aus dem Th ü ringer Land
c. Fort Monroe, Old point comfort
d. [Woman with flowers on her head]
p. 15
a. [Empty]
b. Closing Era, Bronze Statue and Fa ç ade of Capitol, Denver, Colo.
c. 1881-1906
d. Stone Foot Bridge, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
p. 16
a. Ringelthal mit Richard Wagner-Strasse, Barmen
b. Anlagen mit Bergbahn, Barmen
c. Luftkurhaus, Barmen
d. Gruss aus Alt Barmen. Gemarke anno domini 1788
p. 17
a. Stadthalle, Barmen
b. [Photograph of a girl]
c. [Portrait of a woman with necklace]
d. Manila. American soldiers. Balik-Balik.
p. 18
a. Frohe Ostern
b. Fröhliche Ostern
c. Diebesten Gl ü m ü nsche zum neuen Fahre
d. Viel Gl ü ck im neuen Jahr
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Friendly Greetings. [Leather postcard-loose.]
p. 19
a. Ein frohes Weihnachtsfest
b. A Merry Christmas
c. Fröhliche Weihnachten
d. A Merry Christmas [Bells and holly]
p. 20
a. Above the Clouds, Wilson's Peak
b. Claremont and "Old Baldy"
c. Republican River from Bridge Junction City, Kans.
d. Fountain in City Park. Junction City, Kas.
p. 21
a. Schloss u. Pompejanum, Aschaffenburg
b. Gruss aus Frankfurt
c. Partle am T ö lleturm, (Sachsenstr.)
d. M ü lheim. a. d. Ruhr. Kahlenberg.
p. 22
a. [Men skiing]
b. Erfurt. Erfurter-Hof ü nd Kgl, Eisenbahn-Direkion
c. The Union Depot, Denver, Colo.
d. [Pail blue 1907 Postal card]
p. 23
a. Cupid's Message
b. Test your lungs 1 cent
c. Ein gesegnetes Weihnachts fest
d. [Two boys]
p. 24
a. Public Library, Oxnard, Cal.
b. Main St. looking South, Knox, Ind.
c. Catholic Church, Junction City, Kas.
d. City Hall, Santa Monica, Cal.
p. 25
a. Sun Set Depot, San Antonio, Tex.
b. Street Scene, Santa Monica, California
c. The San Francisco disaster by quake and fire, 1906
d. Greetings from Marfa, Texas. Court House
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p. 26
a. Greetings from Ocean, Park, Cal. Poinsettia in bloom.
b. Kew Gardens, Picturesque Nooks.
c. A load of Kansas corn [Exaggerated card.]
d. Greetings from Knox, Ind.
p. 27
a. Mexican "Wood Wagons"
b. U.S. Marines. Exercising with 3" field gun
c. An Old Virginia Scene Newport News, Va.
d. "Spinn' , spinn -"
p. 28
a. Frankenberg i. H.
b. Dragoner-Rgt. Freiherr v. Manteuffel Rheinisches No. 5 Hofgeismar
c. Reta Walter "Mignon"
d. Vorhof, Wartburg
p. 29
a. Mt. San Bernardino, Cal.
b. Heuscheune. (Bodeschleife), Bodetal, Harz
c. Dr. Martin Luther Denkmal, Erfurt
d. Balanced rock, Garden of the Gods, Colo.
p. 30
a. Situations Vacant
b. [Two young girls wearing bonnets]
c. Foundation Old House Burgesses and Old Court House, Williamsburg
d. All going out and nothing coming in
p. 31
a. The largest dry dock in the world, accommodating 3 vessels at once,
Newport News, Va.
b. County Court House, El Paso, Texas
c. Bath House at Ocean Park, Cal.
d. Kriegerdenkmal, Barmen
p. 32
a. Gruss aus Hessen
b. Dragon on Parade, La Fiesta de Los Angeles, Cal.
c. Gruss aus der Schwalm
d. [Six girls sitting on the grass]
p. 33
a. A gift of love
b. [Portrait of a girl holding a bouquet]
c. Easter Greetings
d. [A young woman looking up]
p. 34
a. Old Cabin at Baldwin's Ranch, California.
b. Japanese Tea Garden
c. Br ü cke im Voksgarten , M.-Gladbach
d. Church and Plaza, Juarez, Mexico
p. 35
a. Rustic Canyon
b. Pike's Peak from Colorado Springs.
c. Schweizerhaus im Fischertal u. Blick auf Barmen
d. The Lighthouse at Point Loma, near San Diego, Cal.
p. 36
a. Murieta Hot Springs Hotel, California
b. The Bath House, Long Beach, Cal.
c. High School, Riverside, Cal.
d. West Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas
p. 37
a. The Equitable Life building, Denver
b. [Empty]
c. First St. looking South, showing Court House, San Jose, Cal.
d. Panorama vom Kalsmunt, Wetzlar
p. 38
a. Saharet
b. [Woman in pink attire]
c. Reta Walter
d. [Woman sitting on a tree trunk]
p. 39
a. [Woman with pearl choker]
b. [Woman with looped earrings and a flower hat]
c. [Asian woman serving tea in a kimono]
d. Gruss aus Aschaffenburg
p. 40
a. A Happy New Year
b. To My Valentine
c. Merry Christmas. Many Happy Returns
d. Erinnerung
p. 41
a. We are too young, dear, we [cantaloupe]
b. Your hair is a little [radish] sweetheart
c. Dear heart, what a [peach] you are
d. We would make a happy [pear]
p. 42
a. Mine heart vas like ein pumpkin new . . .
b. To Greet My Valentine
c. [Woman with ball]
d. Home of M. Paul de Longpre, Hollywood, Cal.
p. 43
a. To My Valentine
b. [Girl holding a flower basket]
c. Let me twine [orange] blossoms 'round your head
d. "Nothing To It"
p. 44
a. To Wish You a Happy Easter
b. I am going to the Shriners' Circus, April 6 to 11---Prager Park
c. Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Tex.
d. High Street, Irvine
p. 45
a. Frohe Ostern
b. At West Lake Park, Los Angeles, Cal.
c. A Happy Easter to You
d. Fröhliche Ostern
p. 46
a. Easter Greetings
b. [Magenta Rose]
c. Easter greeting
d. A Happy Easter
p. 47
a. A lily field
b. California orange grove
c. West Lake Park, Los Angeles, Cal.
d. U.S. Battleship Maine
p. 48
a. Gruss aus Berlin
b. Vondelpark, Amsterdam.
c. Travis Park, San Antonio, Tex.
d. Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Cal.
p. 49
a. Cathedral Spires, Yosemite Valley
b. Zigzags of the Yosemite Trail, Yosemite Valley
c. Look out Point, Yosemite Valley, Cal.
d. Look out Point, Yosemite Valley, Cal.
p. 50
a. Coliseum, Chicago, Ill.
b. Zigzags of the Yosemite Trail, Yosemite Valley
c. Fröhliche Pfingsten
d. Merced River, Yosemite Valley, California
p. 51
a. Cathedral Spires, 2678 feet high, Yosemite Valley
b. Wenn die Rosen bl ü h'n!
c. Looking down Third St., Angel's Flight, Los Angeles, California
d. [Woman on her balcony and dog]
p. 52
a. Colorado State Capitol, Denver, Colo.
b. Idyllwild falls, Riverside County, Cal.
c. Falls on Love Creek, Ben Lomond, Calif.
d. Palm Drive at West Lake Park, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Box Two: Separate Postcards.
p. 1
a. A merry Christmas
b. [Three girls looking at a book]
c. A very happy Easter to you
e. With affection fond and true
p. 2
a. Merry Christmas
b. Pavilion from Balboa Island. Balboa, Cal.
c. Advice to girls
d. I'm waiting to hear from you.
p. 3
a. A merry Christmas
b. Best birthday wishes
c. Best Wishes
d. Valley Forge Dec. 1777.
p. 4
a. Birthday Greeting
b. Easter Greetings
c. To my darling
d. To my pet
p. 5
a. I'm someone's daisy girl!
b. My heart's love
c. [Violets]
d. Babe
p. 6
a. A merry Christmas
b. A happy New Year
c. A happy birthday
d. Birthday Greetings
p. 7
a. Dorothy
b. [Bouquet of violets]
c. [Bookmark] Wiley B. Allen Co., Pianos, Los Angeles
d. [Bookmark] Wiley B. Allen Co., Pianos, Los Angeles
Box Three: Album Postcards.
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