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exploring the old abandoned Chicago Post office was fun, This was the biggest and most visible abandoned building in Chicago/ There is work now being done inside for high end retail and business space
1st Letter --
Postmarked Paris[?] December 2, 1911
Received Baltimore, MD December 15, 1911
Addressed to:
Mr. Charles Fitzpatrick
244 Carroll St.
Baltimore, Md. U.S.A.
Return address:
From E. Cavacos
31 Rue du Dragon
Paris, France
Paris Nov. 28/1911
Dear Charles
Am very lonely haven’t found a girl yet, but I’ve got my eye on six-eight fine looking chickens. Am anxious for news from my Hampden friends, the Edgars, the Harrison’s brothers and all of my old girls. Remember to them and tell me all the news when you write.
How are you getting along with you work Charles? I am very busy just now at school and will be until sometime in January. I am studying French at night. I find it very difficult. Paris is a great city. Always something to see even if it is a chicken. We are regular bohemians now, will start a harem later on.
I find things just as dear as in America. Maybe later on I may be able to do better when I get used to the city.
Will give you some advice as to you coming over when I find out something definite. I haven’t much time to myself, am visiting the Museums whenever I get time. Academie Julien is not a very pretty place. In fact it’s no place for ministers son.
By the way Charles have you received any cards that I sent you? Did you hear any remarks about me not going to see some of my friends before I left? Let me know in your next letter.
Well that will be all for this time so I‘ll close.
Your sincere friend Emanuel Cavacos
Remember to Regina and her sister. Conlon sends his regards he isn’t married yet; at least he wasn’t this morning.
Emanuel
31 Rue du Dragon, Paris, France
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2nd Letter --
Postmarked Paris April 5, 1912
Received Baltimore, MD April 16, 1912
Addressed to:
Mr. Charles J. Fitzpatrick
244 Carroll St.
Baltimore, Md. U.S.A.
Return address:
14 Ave du Maine
Paris, France
Friendship – one soul in two bodies
Paris April 5/1912
Dear Charles
I often wonder what you are doing and how you are getting along. But I couldn’t understand why I didn’t receive any news from you. I thought perhaps the Edgars had asked you not to write to me.
Treat your friends for what you know them to be. Regard no surfaces. Consider not what they did but what they intended. Certainly am glad to find out the truth so now everything is O.K. Received you letter last week and was more than delighted to hear from you. Many thanks for your kind thoughts and good wishes. And I wish you my dear boy all kinds of luck.
Am kept very busy with lots of things here. I left the Academie Julien and at present I am taking examinations to enter the Ecole de Beaux Arts and in my next letter I will tell you about the results. We are going to move to a studio the 15th of this month. Am sending the new address so take care and don’t lose it.
Oh Charles I wish you were here. This is some life. Believe me, I don’t think I ever get tired of this gay city. Everything is so interesting.
Few Saturdays ago I went to a costume ball given by the art students at Academie Julien. It is impossible for me to describe it. The only thing I can mention is that there were about 15 girls perfectly nude, besides the half nude and the ones with all kinds of costumes. I was dressed in my Greek costume, the one I use at Duncan’s school. You know Reymond Duncan is a brother of Isadore Duncan the Greek dancer. Reymond opened a school here, and I am just taking up the gymnastics. There are mixed classes and the girls and fellows are dressed in Greek costume. It is interesting to see them going through their exercises.
Well I’ll come back to the Julien ball. There were about 600 people present and you can imagine what was going on, there was plenty of liquor to get everybody in good humor and every one was as gay as can be. There is no words or picture that can explain the rest; the only thing that will come near to it is the harems of Sultan. This certainly is the real bohemian life. Gee I wish you were here.
Am sending you few photos one of me, one of a study and one of a model. Am sorry I haven’t more but I didn’t bother taking many, didn’t I give you one large one of myself?
My mustache is gone, I only had it for three months so I’ll get next to the girls and now they are disappointed because some of them don’t like me with out mustache. But I don’t care. N’est-ce pas?
Charles the theaters are great here. I go to the operas once in a while. The grand Opera is a very rich and beautiful building. Say I love to see the play of the comon law it must be interesting. I never finished the story. The books were out before I left America, but I didn’t get the chance to get one.
Well how are you, I hope you are working steady. It gives me much pleasure to hear that my friends have been inquiring for me. Kindly give them my regards especially to Earl Bonier and Paul Faror, also to the girls. God bless them. I very near forgot to say that Conlon sends his best regards.
I must get ready to go up town, so will say good bye for this time.
With regards to you I am yours, Em. Cavacos
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3rd Letter – no envelope
Paris August 22nd 1912
My Dear Charles
I can almost hear you say it’s almost time Emanuel answered my letter. May be you did not say it though you had a perfect right to.
I’m sorry to have kept you waiting so long for an answer but same old excuse was kept too busy with my school work. Am studying under prof Coutan at the Ecole Nationale de Beaux Arts and I liked there very much. The school has closed now and am working in my studio, preparing something to send to the next Salon. Since writing you last Conlon and I have separated. I have taken studio at 3 Rue Vercingetorix. The studio at Ave du Maine was too small for the two.
Well I am very sorry to say that I was not very successful with getting you acquainted with that beautiful model. She promised me that she would write to you but lately she says it’s no use (like the rest of the French chickens she is after the money not the man that’s the kind she is).
Charles believe me am working some but don’t you think that I’m not having some time when I do break out. One of the greatest balls I ever saw, was the one the students of my school gave. There is no way to describe it. It was hell for fair couldn’t be any worse. There were over 60 girls perfectly nude and about six thousand people all in costumes. The enclosed photo was taken before we went to the ball. We were there until the next morning at six o’clock when we went through the streets of Paris and finally we ended at the school. But talking about wine women & song there was enough to get everybody crazy.
There now that’s enough for a boy your age. How you are getting along? Do you work steadily? I hope you do. There is nothing doing here in Paris. There are so many people looking for work. How’s everybody? Give my regards to Faror and Bonier and also the rest of the boys.
By the way do you see the Edgars any more? Some one wrote me that Lillian is going with John again. Is it true?
I received your card and thank you very much. How do you liked New York? Certainly is a great city. I’ll bet you were sporting some. Now the next thing you want to do is to save some money to come over on a trip.
How is all the girls Charley? Am anxious to get some news from over there.
Hoping you won’t think hard of me for my negligence. I will close with regards to you from your friend, Emanuel Cavacos
Regard from Conlon
My new address is Em. Cavacos
3 rue Vercingetorix 3
Paris, France
Postcard was sent from the post office situated in the lighthouse at - / PEGGY'S COVE / N.S. CANADA / JUN 15 1993 / NOVA SCOTIA NOUVELLE - ECOSSE / B0J 2N0 / - pictorial postmark. This pictorial hammer was proofed in June 1993 and was the fourth type of pictorial postmark that was used at Peggy's Cove. The ERD is 10 June 1993 and the LRD is - 15 March 2002.
Hugh Rathbun writes in his book " "Nova Scotia Pictorial Postmarks 1975 - 2018"
Diameter - 39.5 mm (1993) / 42 mm by 2000
Pictorial element - The Peggy's Cove Lighthouse
Colours - Black (1993 - 2002), Purple (1996) & Red (1996)
The increasing diameter can be attributed to rubber expansion. By January 2002, the rubber had deteriorated and the marking was replaced in March 2002.
Peggy's Cove is a small rural community located 27 miles west of Halifax on the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality, which is famous for the Peggys Point Lighthouse (established 1868). In 1919 the population was 180 and by 1956 the population had decreased to 60.
According to legend, Peggy's Cove was named after the only survivor of a schooner that ran aground and sank in 1800 ... a woman named Margaret. Local folk called her "Peggy" and her home came to be known as Peggy's Cove. The original lighthouse was built in 1868. Exactly 100 years later, in 1968 the Campbell family opened the Sou'Wester Restaurant. The post office is housed in the Sou'wester Restaurant during the winter and the lighthouse in the summer. It is this lighthouse that is seen on its pictorial postmarks.
This cover was cancelled at the post office situated in the lighthouse at - PEGGY'S COVE / N.S. CANADA / NOVA SCOTIA NOUVELLE - ECOSSE / B0J 2N0 / AUG 21 1995 / - pictorial postmark. This pictorial hammer was proofed 16 JULY 1993 and was the fourth pictorial postmark that was used at Peggy's Cove.
Link to an article on the closing of Peggy's Cove post office: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peggys-cove-loses-post...
25 x one centime French stamps affixed to an envelope cover addressed to the Strand, London UK, dated 15th March 1905 - with numerous (I make it around 34), circular date stamp cancellations - is this a record for the greatest number of postmark cancellations on a single cover?
Rare multiple of 1 centime stamps on a cover.
Packing for a move and reducing clutter, I came across an old envelope I got in November of 1974 that contained some film clippings from Star Trek episodes sold to me by Lincoln Enterprises. They make a nice souvenir from the original series. I'm glad I scraped together the cash to get these when I was 14yrs old...
Postmarked Preston, October 4, 1907. Preston is located in south central Jackson County in eastern Iowa along the Mississippi River.
Postmark:
Milwaukee, Wis.
Mar. 7, 1921
11 PM
This was sent to my husband's grandfather and has a rather interesting message:
Hello Jack:
How would you like to join me at the beach in playing baseball. I wouldn't play mid you anyways 'cause you'd hit me right straight in me eye. But I wouldn't mind you for my teacher. I've got the blues, me got the blues for swimming and you aint here yet.
Mossman's Grant (Lunenburg County), Nova Scotia - became Pinehurst on - 1 April 1921. This community is located on the La Have River approximately one mile north of Wentzell Lake and about ten miles north west of Bridgewater. In the 1880's it was known as Riverdale. The population in 1956 was 147.
The Postal Way Office at Mossman's Grant was established - 1 June 1873 - it became a Post Office - c. October 1876. Mossman's Grant became Pinehurst - 1 April 1921. The Post Office at Pinehurst closed - 11 February 1950 owing to the provision of rural mail delivery service via New Germany RR No. 2.
/ MOSSMAN'S - GRANT / MR 22 / 21 / N.S. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer is not listed in the proof book. (late strike - office changed name to Pinehurst 10 days later)
Postcard was sent to: Miss Effie L. Morrison / Springfield / Annapolis County / Nova Scotia
1997 Christmas Island, Nova Scotia Commemorative Cancels
Christmas wreath second design.
Date format in green strikes: D-M-Y
Date format in red strikes: Y-M-D
At Christmas Island, a small community in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, it’s all about the postmark. The Christmas Island post office is now famous for bringing a festive feel to holiday cards around the world with wreath postmarks that say “Christmas Island.”
Postmistress Hughena MacKinnon has been delivering holiday cheer with the stamp since 1994. Ms. MacKinnon forwards holiday letters around the world after postmarking them with the famous holiday stamp.
“They add a little extra holiday flair,” said Canada Post spokeswoman Anick Losier.
“The stamp has been altered for 2010,” said Ms. MacKinnon. “They’ve added some extra decoration to the wreath [on the stamp].”
She said that during the summer months the post office receives around 100 letters a day, yet during the holiday season that number escalates to around 1,000.
Mail is sent through the office — with postage enclosed — to be stamped and forwarded, by the postmistress, around the world. To have your holiday cards postmarked, send your addressed cards with proper postage in a larger envelope, and address to:
Christmas Island post office
8499 Grand Narrows Hwy
Christmas Island, N.S., B1T 1A0
Link to videos - N.S. post office gets thousands of letters from senders looking for Christmas stamp - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFUg6joeSgg
Christmas Island's postmark a coveted holiday mail stamp - www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2xwV8h6qw8
Link to an article - Unique postmark keeps N.S. post office busy during the holidays - www.ctvnews.ca/canada/unique-postmark-keeps-n-s-post-offi...