5 letters from DRESDEN 1895: Report from the FLOWER CORSO by Marie von THELEN (Pöltschach)

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They bid on five interesting letters from 1895 out of Dresden.

With reports from the flower parade, which was there on the 22nd. May 1895 was organized with prominent participation. -- Reports from the preparations and the flower parade itself.

Written by Marie von Thelen, b. Souval (1846-1919) and one Daughter “Miezi”, that is certainly Maria von Thelen (1871-1951). At first the daughter is alone in Dresden (first letter dated 12. May); She travels on the test drive of the flower parade in one of the carriages, probably that of the High Court Marshal Count Vitzthum von Eckstädt, as she underlined the passages about this in newspaper clippings about the test drive.

At 16. My mother also arrived in the evening of May and from then on took over the writing of letters.

The first two and the first half of the third letter (dated Dresden-Plauen, 9th, 10th and 16. May 1895) written by the daughter; the rest from the mother Marie von Thelen, née. Souval (dated Dresden, 17th, 22nd and 23. May 1895).

Aimed at the husband or Father Ludwig von Thelen (1839-1906), station manager of the kk Südbahn in Pöltschach (Styria, Austria).

There are two in the first letter Newspaper reports about the test drive of the flower parade as well as two short ones French letters to the mother, written by M. Roussy and Margarite, probably the landlady of the daughter's accommodation (Villa Angelika, Schnorrstraße 61), as she is also mentioned.

Scope: 11 pages written by the daughter and 8 pages by the mother.

A report about the flower parade was printed in the "Kunstchronik. Weekly magazine for art and applied arts", on 20. June 1895 (not part of this offer). Excerpts from it: "The highlight of all these amusements was the one on Wednesday the 22nd. The magnificent flower parade was staged in the Great Garden on May 1st, which not only brought the mass of the local population to their feet, but also brought in a significant influx of foreigners, some from the most distinguished circles, and was given a special splendor by the appearance of the Royal Court. So there was suddenly life and movement in the otherwise so quiet Dresden, and the arts and crafts activity of the flower manufacture that was flourishing in Dresden and in nearby Sebnitz, as well as that of the wagon makers, saddle makers, strap makers, etc., not to forget that of all the industries , who deal with the procurement of women's toilets, suddenly had the best opportunity to develop in Allen directions."

About the recipient and his family: Ludwig von Thelen was born on the 5th. November 1839 in Holleschau (Moravia) = Holeso V as the son of the kk captain Ludwig von Thelen and Euphenie, b. Thalherr was born. On the 17th In May 1870 he married Marie Souval, née, in Perchtoldsdorf near Vienna. at 3. Vienna 1846 in Vienna-Schottenfeld as the daughter of the band manufacturer Johann Souval (* 1808) and Franziska, née. Miesch (*1817), died on January 3rd February 1919 in Inzersdorf (last lived in Ölmütz).

In one of the daughter's letters she mentions their silver wedding anniversary, which unfortunately they cannot celebrate together.

Ludwig von Thelen died on the 25th. July 1906 in Inzersdorf as a pens. First lieutenant and pens. Senior official of the Southern Railway. He was a recipient of the Schleswig-Holstein Memorial Medal.

One of their daughters was Maria von Thelen, née. on the 11th February 1871 in Vienna, died. 1951 ibid.

Condition: Browned and slightly stained. Please bPlease also note the pictures at the end of the item description!

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