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![For Get Me Not](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2018/09/For-Get-Me-Not_300.jpg)
![Back of Postcard](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2022/10/Back-of-Postcard-zz_300.jpg)
Miss Hilda Brunken
ColumbPlatte Center
Nebr.
Hello Hilda
Well how are you? I am fine and dandy.
When are you coming over to visit me. How is Alvin and your ma.
From your
Aunt Louise B.
Who
- “Hilda” is Hilda Ida Brunken.
- “Alvin” is Alvin William Brunken.
- “Ma” is Clara Marie “Mary” (Petersen) Brunken.
- “Aunt Louise B.” is Louise Wilhemmia Brunken.
What
When
Probably fall of 1910 – Given that this postcard was initially addressed to Columbus, I think this postcard was likely sent shortly before the William and Mary Brunken family moved to Oklahoma.
Where
Near Platte Center, Nebraska
Notes: Recovery Difficulties
![Soft Cardboard Card](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2022/10/Soft-Cardboard-Card_300.jpg)
Large chunks of the greeting card were torn from the back of the FORGET-ME-NOT postcard thus destroying parts of the message. A mirror image allows reading the parts of the message that has been torn from the back of the FORGET-ME-NOT postcard.
![Mirror Image](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2022/10/Mirror-Image_300.jpg)
Furthermore, the remaining black paper will have to be removed by some method other than what I used with the picture postcards. I was able to wet and scrape off the black paper fibers because the photographic film of the picture postcards could be could be made wet on the back of the postcard. (This was because the photographic film was designed to go through a wet bath when the picture on the card was originally developed). I am afraid the soft cardboard of the greeting cards will disintegrate if made wet.
I am currently seeking a technique that will allow full recovery of the messages as well as maintain the integrity of the greeting postcards.