Some of the "yesteryear" tea rooms I find most charming are those that were located in simple homes. The one depicted on this vintage postcard, the Hitching Post Tea Room in Chickamauga Park, Georgia, appealed to me because Chickamauga is well-known here as the site of the Battle of Chickamauga, the first major battle of the Civil War to be fought in Georgia.
Dated Dec. 21 and postmarked 1912, the card is addressed to a "Miss Antoinette Asam" (?) in Detroit, Mich., and reads, "Dearest: Unexpected change of trains here - last u will hear of me for a few days I think. All OK. Hope u are feeling better, will send address later. This is not a Tenn. card but can't find any. Yours, Ross." Maybe Ross was supposed to send his lady friend postcards from all the states along his journey? Yet another postcard mystery …
WOW, that tea house wouldn't work these days would it? Adorable house but needs some curb appeal.
ReplyDeleteAs for the postcard, you sure find em - I *love* he underlined "yours."
That's just too sweet.
Happy June!!
Know right where Trumbull is in Detroit. Another interesting postcard!
ReplyDeleteThese fading missives from another time are simply charming. I can just see that little place, part of a home kept spic and span and ready for company. And haven't we all, at least once, thought that we'd love to have "paying guests" in for a dainty repast. I have no artistic or crafts talents, but I've always loved making beautiful food.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love the way that real ink flows and dries in a sort of ombre effect, with the pressure of the pen and the sweep of the stroke visible? Ross could hop right into our own forms of correspondence, chiming in on the "u" and probably the "luv." I remember those exact words from letters from Daddy to Mother during WWII.
rachel
These fading missives from another time are simply charming. I can just see that little place, part of a home kept spic and span and ready for company. And haven't we all, at least once, thought that we'd love to have "paying guests" in for a dainty repast. I have no artistic or crafts talents, but I've always loved making beautiful food.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love the way that real ink flows and dries in a sort of ombre effect, with the pressure of the pen and the sweep of the stroke visible? Ross could hop right into our own forms of correspondence, chiming in on the "u" and probably the "luv." I remember those exact words from letters from Daddy to Mother during WWII.
rachel
Great find, Angela - you find the neatest treasures! I agree with you about the charming tearooms, located in simple homes, my favorites too.
ReplyDeleteEnjoying this series, Joanie
I am just loving your tearoom postcards!! As an avid postcard collector and tea lover, these are wonderful! Donna =)
ReplyDeleteThe house tearoom is definitely fascinating. So many of the old tearooms were just started by "housewives" wanting to make a bit of pocket money and they could do it from their home. Wondering now about this place.
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