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| Artifact #90 Postcard text area Jeff Smith collection |
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mma Lu "Emmie" Smith [Gardner]
Artifact #90 is a postcard sent from Soapy Smith's sister, Emma Lu "Emmie" Smith [Gardner] in Waco, Texas, to Jefferson R. Smith III, in St. Louis, Missouri, September 25, 1912. Emma is about age 45, her date of birth believed to have been in 1867. She will pass away in 1915. Jefferson R. Smith is her nephew, aged 25, and working for the St. Louis Times.
Postmarked from Waco, Texas, on September 25, 1912 at 2 pm., the stamp is missing, appearing to be torn off. My father, John Randolph Smith, admitted once that as a young and avid stamp collector, he did remove some stamps when the opportunity arose.
The following is the text of the written portions.
Waco Tex
Sept 25, 1912.
Dear Jeff.
I wrote you a letter and a card about 2 months ago. Did you get them? Write me at 927 Franklin Street
Waco Texas
Love to all
Your loving Aunt
Emmie Lu Gardner
[addressed]
Mr. Jeff Smith
St. Louis
Mo
Care St. Louis Times
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| Artifact #90-front photo Waco, Texas court house Jeff Smith collection |
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Emma Lu "Emmie" Smith
May 4, 2021
Emma Lu "Emmie" Smith: pages 22, 121, 377, 397, 403-04, 589. 201.
Emma Lu "Emmie" Smith: pages 22, 121, 377, 397, 403-04, 589. 201.
"he [Soapy Smith] was really known more as a Robin Hood. who helped the poor and unfortunate, than as a gangster."
—Frances Lebby Stanton [Peniston] (Smith family)
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