A corner of grandmother Gottfried's garden, flowers marked with crosses, green peas in the forefront, forest in the background. Card sent by Alois Gottfried from Clarissa, Minnesota, to Zdenka Rypka (nee Sojka) in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Creator:
Gottfried, Alois
Created:
1916-07-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Commemorative postcard issued on the occasion of the Midwest Sokol Convention featuring Sokols' contest and festival in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, held on July 4-6, 1911. Card sent by Franta Filip from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to L.E. Rypka in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Created:
1911-06-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Czech female Sokol member on telephone with Zeus thanking him for nice weather during the 4th Sokol Slet in Prague in 1912. Czech immigrant of18 months in America looking for fellow townpeople and pen pals. Through American Sokol journal. Card sent by Vojtech Pospisil from Iowa City, Iowa, to L.E. Rypka in Owatonna, Minnesota. L.E. Rypka came fr...
Created:
1912-12-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Portrait of Anton Ledvina, sitting with a hat and roses. Anton Ledvina introducing himself to Zdenka Sojka as prospective caller, possibly following an add in a newspaper. Card sent from Portland, Oregon.
Created:
1913
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Anton Ledvina with his father sitting on steps in front of their home in Portland, Oregon, with a large snowball plant blooming. Card sent by Anton Ledvina from Portland, Oregon, to Zdenka Sojka in Osage, Iowa.
Created:
1914-06-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Photograph of August Geringer, with New Year's wishes text signed by August Geringer, sent from Chicago, Illinois, to Mr. and Mrs. Antonin Rypka in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Created:
1913-12-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A woman sitting on carriage towed by an ostrich at Los Angeles Ostrich Farm. Card sent by Bessie Gottfried from Chicago, Illinois, to Zdenka Sojka in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Created:
1916-04-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Greeting from an interest group representative (Free Thought publication Vesmir). Sent from Tomas Vavra of Chicago, to Ladimir Rypka in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Created:
1912-08-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A collection of English language and non-English ads on a billboard in St. Paul, Minnesota. The signs advertise services and stores such as the "Jelinek Bros. Model Clothes Store" and "J.F. Ptacek and Son Machinists." At the center of the board there is a picture of a "Katolicka Beseda," with information about the Church below the picture.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.