Letters from Wallie illustrates a beautiful courtship, romance and marriage with wife Mabel via mail by rail from Wausau to Milwaukee in 1930s Wisconsin before and during the Great Depression.
I’m a fine one I tell you in a letter that I was returning the snapshot picture then I forget all about it. If I happen to think about or rather if my memory will stretch so far till I finish this letter then I’ll enclose them. Don’t, please, my little sweetheart be angry at me for what I did to one of them, will you?
Let’s see now just what were those other two pictures about? I remember now, one must have been fit for a “garter” ad of someone who is the “star”?
I’m sending this letter by Special Delivery so you’ll have it as a substitute for my being with you. I’m sending 1000 kisses along as proxies.
I just “made” that train by one minute. So you see it pays to have a watch upon which you can bet your last dollar… I better not pride myself too much with it or something might go chicken wire with it.
Oh my, oh my! how much do I care for you! More than myself – every inch of me is plugging for you all day long…
Since I met you my dearest, life is so sweet & interesting. Honest before I met you I often began to wonder what life was “all about anyway.” There wasn’t much to hold my interest in it. But now! I’m so glad to be alive and live just for you.
So I had a few memories on the train yesterday. Oh yes – on the train you know what I did? I read & re-read your letter about 20 times. The letter you wrote to me Sunday. Yes honey I’ll forgive you. I “like?” you – did you say like? – I told you once before, I more than merely like you.
With a Carload of Love... 