Cards from the Northwest
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Nell is watching The first card that I have Ben receiving is May 29th after the ship had gotten underway from Seattle. A nice patrotic card and an interesting message: "Friend Ben, Not allowed to write much, Nell is looking. Thanks you very, very much for all my postals. Dutch-friend, Floss" |
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At this point it is difficult to figure out what is going on between Ben and Nellie. The months of separation seem to have taken their toll on Nellie, or possibly the correspondence between Ben and Floss. Whatever the reason Ben chooses to send a card with "Cheer Up" and his personalized "29-0-52" Seattle, May 27, 1908 |
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Nellie Responds While in Bremerton Naval Shipyard, Ben receives this card from Nellie. Apparently she no longer sees a reason to use "code" to describe here affections on the front of the card, but dashes off "29 - 0 - 52" on the back of the card. The card has a receiving cancel of June 7, 1908
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Nellie's response seemed to generate a flurry of cards from Ben while in the shipyard. Maybe it was because there really wasn't that much to do in Bremerton. Four of the cards continue to use the "code" for special seniments. Three of the cards are from his visit to Tacoma, one from downtown Bremerton, and the other pair some more bad statements - STUNG!, Enjoy Yourself . . . . . . . Who knows what he was trying to say?
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