Description
This sepia-toned postcard offers a stunning bird’s-eye view of East Boothbay, Maine, showcasing its charming houses, harbor, and church steeple. The back features a handwritten message from Sula to Mrs. Theresa Crowley detailing a sweltering heatwave with shocking casualty counts in Boston and their escape to the cooler countryside. This delightful postcard dates from approximately the 1910s.
Front Text (cleaned):
Bird's-eye View, Boothbay, Me.
Sula
Back Text (cleaned):
Kind regards,
Mrs. Theresa Crowley,
Box 75
R.F.D. Addison, Me.
If nothing serious happens we shall start Saturday, 15th. Would like for Father to meet us at Columbia Falls. I am counting on the seconds. We were at Boothbay and oh how warm, 93 in the shade! I read that a man should die in Boston this a.m. It was 115°. A doctor telegraphed his wife he hadn't patience with the heat and there were 200 prostrations that a.m. They couldn't get horses enough to carry away the dead. We ought to be thankful we live in the country and never wish we might live in the city. What a terrible electrical storm we had!
"Don't talk much away until I come."
Good to all.
Sula
