Envelope addressed to Mr. J. Pickens Walker, Jacksonville, December 1950
Book 3, Page 19 ·1950
Transcription
An envelope addressed in blue fountain-pen ink.
Upper-left return reference, in the sender’s hand:
Church of the Good Shepherd
Park, Stockton, and Forbes
Jacksonville, 4, Fla.
Postmark, upper right:
Jacksonville, Fla. — Dec 14 — 9 PM — 1950
3-cent purple Thomas Jefferson stamp.
Main address, lower half, in cursive:
Mr. J. Pickens Walker
3698 Hedrick Street
Jacksonville, 5
Florida
AI Notes
A pale envelope franked with a 3-cent purple Thomas Jefferson stamp and a Jacksonville, Fla. postmark dated DEC 14 9 PM 1950. Addressed in blue fountain-pen ink in a casual cursive hand. Above the address, in the same hand, a return reference reading ‘Church of the Good Shepherd / Park, Stockton, and Forbes / Jacksonville, 4, Fla.’ — the parish in which James Pickens Walker Jr. was married in 1941 and was confirmed in November 1950 (just 3 weeks before this envelope was postmarked — see book-003/p020). No marginalia at full resolution beyond what’s transcribed.