Vintage Postcard Mystery - Help me crack the Case!

[JollyElm]

I'm thinking the 'pigs' is 'rigs.' Maybe they stopped by some oil well rigs or something.

[4reals]

thank you, adjustment made

[JollyElm]

Another thought. Where you have 'Ser.', it could be either Senator (Sen.) or General (Gen.) Nicholson he's referring to. Search those names out and see if anything pops.

[4reals]

I do now believe the first letter is a G, by comparing it to the word girls later in the same letter but I'm still not sure what the last letter is. It might be Gen. but if it is an n it doesn't look like his other n's. Is there any other abbrev. it could possibly be? Ge_?

[buymycards]

Hi, these are listed in the Sports Postcard Price Guide.

The football cards are part of a set of 6 that were made by the Colonial Art Co between 1905 and 1915. The value is listed as between $15 and $22.

The baseball cards are from a set of 9 from the same years and are valued between $6 and $12.

Can't help you with the wording.

Rick

[4reals]

Thanks Rick, a baseball set of nine. I have six and I've seen the other two...I wonder what the last one is.

[KCRfan1]

Lewis Jones is a bit difficult since the name is very common. Flossie Horning is easier....born December7, 1887 in South Dakota and died July 12, 1964 in LA. She married a man named Cecil John Cropp. Her formal name is Florence Cropp. All I've got so far. Neat postcards and a great idea to pass these on to decendents.

They married February 20, 1925 in Santa Barbara. No luck finding children though, yet.

[4reals]

Thanks Lou, that's awesome information!

So, if Flossie was born in Dec. of 1887 that makes her 22 years old at the time of these postcards and 37 the year she got married. Thirty seven isn't old but it's definitely later than most get married, especially back then. I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't any children, but hope I'm wrong. Quite a change of scenery her moving from central South Dakota to Southern California! For Lewis Jones is it possible to narrow the search down to South Dakota?