Send Me A Postcard!

We decided about a month ago to put a door in between the back additions of the house, and the main house. The idea was to save on heating a part of the house that was used minimally, and that was difficult to heat for various structural reasons. There was already a doorway there, we just needed to add a door jam and a door to block some of the cold air.
Today, Cory finally started the project...and shortly after beginning brought me a very nice present! The first piece of trim he pulled from the wall revealed a postcard...from 1922! I had heard about people finding things in the walls of old houses, here's our proof!

Here is a picture of the front of the card. As you can see it is a little damaged, but still in great shape for being just over ninety years old!
I was able to find a copy of an identical card online to get the whole verse on the front. It says:

"A Joyus Christmas

The stars are still out, but little birds wait

Just bursting with songs of joy.

With songs that will tell of God's love so great

To our sleepy Christmas boy."

And here is an image of the reverse side of the card (this is the exciting part!). It is a little difficult to read, but the card is addressed to "Mr. Charles Becker" of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The message written reads, "Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year." It does have a "From", but the only letter I could make out was "H".
If you remember from one of my previous posts containing an image and description of the Becker Family Tree, you may recall that Charles was the name of George Becker's second son, making him the grandson of Herman Becker, the original owner of the Mayhew House!
Taking guesses to who you think "H" could be. If it is even a family member Charles had an aunt, two uncles, a brother, grandmother, and mother who all had names starting with the letter H and would have been alive at the time the card was sent. If only I could do DNA testing on that stamp to see whose spit is on the back!

There is no return address as far as I can tell, but it is postmarked "Dec. 20 1922, SAINT CLOUD, MINN." This would have been when Charles would have been about sixteen. (Cute card for a sixteen year old!).
I was also able to look up that the stamp is an A140 design, 1 cent George Washington. Though it's interesting, it doesn't seem to give me any real useful information. They seemed to be a pretty common type of stamp during that time period.


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