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This is one of approximately 165 postcards sent to one young lady, "Fanny/Fani" Freudenheim (see last photo here, not included), between 1898 and 1910. Per 1910 and 1920 census records she was born in about 1883 and emigrated from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the USA in 1902. In about 1903 she married one of her MANY suitors, Nathan Reisler, born in Austria in 1877. In 1910 they had three children, Teddy, Oscar and Emanuel. Ted and his descendants became custodians of Fraulein Fanny's postcard collection until someone, unknown, dumped them at an An-tique Shop where I rescued them all. In the next 160 listings, or so, we will tell the story of the courting and admiration of a turn of the last century beauty who like so many seeking freedom, became part of the melting pot we call America.
Please note these cards are all used and have various condition issues. The photos, there are many for each, are as important as the written description, if not more, please consider all of the photos, there are as many as 12 per card. To the degree the stamp or stamps are important to you I will simply describe the first year of the design, denomination and color. Assume the stamp is the cheapest variety. Perforations, watermarks, secret marks, color shades, varnish bars etc. are for the buyer to determine. I have done my best with weeks of research to identify the postmark cities and dates. Some are open to interpretation. Please see photos and make your own determination.
A bit of geographic and historical background. The Austro-Hungarian Empire covered territory which is currently part of Poland in the north, Ukraine in the east and Italy in the southwest. Place names can be in three or four different languages from 1898 to present day. In the period covered by these cards (prior to the break up of the Empire as a result of World War I), "Austria" was divided into 15 provinces, many of them represented in this collection. (There are none from the Hungarian part of the Empire.) Toward the end there are many sent to Fani in the USA.
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Now for THIS card. (165.) This is a Real Photo postcard made in the Vienna studio of B. Bing, Franz-Josefs Quai 1. Tel. 14.108. The subject is likely the gentleman who mailed the card. He is the epitome of dapper with his boater hat, determined gaze and wooden walking cane. The handwriting is the same on several other cards sent during this period but the signature here is different. The card is addressed to Mrs. N. F. Reisler at 108 W. 15th St., north of Central Park. Fraulein Fani lived in Olmutz, Moravia with Herr Bernard Hornick and his wife Serafina from September 1899 until 1901 when she emigrated to New York. (Bernhard died September 19, 1931 and is buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Olmutz.) The postmark is clear.
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