This month the display shelves at the Richmond Library are home to a collection of postcards from the early 1900s. The postcards are onloan to us from John Dearing and he has kindly put the display together for us. John is Vice President of the Waimea South Historical Society.
John also lent us some other items for the display, such as ink pots,pens, quills, seals and letter weights.
The postcards are all written by or to Annie Jessop. She was a teacher at Wakefield School from about 1906-1909.
The following postcard was sent to Annie with a message reading ”With best wishes, are you going home on Saturday? Let me know, love Hugh” The kind of communication that we’d use a text message today
The photograph below shows some of the postcard collection on display at the library, as well as the Wakefield School rolls for the period, which are part of the permanent Waimea South Collection.
The Collection Services team have been busy cataloguing the books in the Waimea South Collection, as you will be able to see on the library catalogue. The cabinets in the collection are jam-packed full of interesting ephemera, shop ledgers, school rolls and even small pox vaccination records. Have a look next time you visit Richmond
Thanks,
Louise
Well done Louise – thanks for putting this on the blog
Cathy
What a great display. Thanks for the blog post.
Mary