Two addressed envelopes to Mrs. J. P. Walker, 1934
Book 2, Page 138 ·1934
Transcription
Upper envelope — postmarked Raleigh, N. C., Oct 15, 1934, 7:30 AM, with a 3-cent purple Washington stamp; addressed in pencil:
Mrs. J. P. Walker
112 E. 52nd St.Savannah,Ga.
Forwarding address added in ink at right:
c/o Mrs. D. McK. Aiken Yonges Island S. C. R. F. D. #1
A pencilled note runs vertically down the left edge of the envelope (very faint, partly legible):
[from these came our / meaning our own leaving?] [Sara?]
Lower envelope — addressed in blue ink:
Mrs. J. P. Walker 112 E. 52nd St. Savannah, Georgia.
A purple postal handstamp at the right reads:
Fee Claimed at Savannah, Ga.
Across the upper portion of the lower envelope, in blue ink, a fragmentary note (apparently a draft of an unrelated letter, or a scrap pasted alongside) reads — the surface is torn and partly missing, with a printed newspaper-clipping fragment showing through the loss:
angel — tuning, staging and directing. I they’re going to be good. Marlie messing 'round as much [illegible] is Special delivery (underlined twice)
AI Notes
Two mailing envelopes pasted to a lined album page. The upper envelope is postmarked Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 15, 1934, bears a 3-cent purple Washington stamp, and is addressed in pencil to Mrs. J. P. Walker with the Savannah address struck through and a forwarding address in ink to Mrs. D. McK. Aiken, Yonges Island, S.C., R.F.D. #1. The struck-through line under the upper envelope’s main address is the same 112 E. 52nd St. / Savannah / Ga. address shown on the lower envelope (the writer began with the home address, scratched it out, and forwarded to Yonges Island). A faint vertical pencil note runs down the left edge — extremely difficult to read. The lower envelope is addressed in blue ink to Mrs. J. P. Walker at 112 E. 52nd St., Savannah, Georgia, with a ‘Fee Claimed at Savannah, Ga.’ postal handstamp and pencilled notes across the upper portion — partly torn away and showing a newspaper-clipping fragment beneath the loss. The fragmentary draft text on the lower envelope mentions ‘tuning, staging and directing’ and a name reading as Marlie / Nellie.
The 1934 date matches the year the Walkers moved from Savannah to Jacksonville — Puck (James Pickens Walker) went ahead in October 1934 and Amy and the girls followed in January 1935. The strike-through of the Savannah address on the upper envelope and the forwarding to Yonges Island (the FitzSimons family seat) likely reflect Amy’s travels during that transition. The pencilled fragment on the lower envelope, mentioning ‘tuning, staging and directing,’ may be a draft note from a daughter (Vivian or Daisy) about a school production — see the letters on pages 139–140.