LU220.116

Postcard

1903

Modern Woodman Insurance Agent, J.F. Hickey Postcard to H. S. Vogler. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: white card stock penny postcard communication from John F. Hickey, a farmer who lived one mile north of Waldorf; postmarked from the Vivian post office addressed to Modern Woodman Clerk #5218 H. S. Vogler, Young America, Minn.; Hickey's message on reverse: "Vivian, Minn., 3,17,1903; Esteemed Neighbor, I acknowledge receipt of $ 50/100 aid for Wm. Guhlsdorf". (Signed) J.F. Hickey #7545".

From the Waldorf photo collection of Clark Meyer, former Waldorf resident. The Vivian Post Office was active from 1858-1905 after which time it was transferred to New Richland Post Office until about 1908; then it transferred to Waldorf and was located in the William Ewert General Store until that building burned in 1956. After the fire the post office then relocated to a building that had been the Waldorf jail located on the east side of Main Street; it remained in that building until it was incorporated into the Waldorf Community Building built in ca 1998.