BIB_ID
444390
Accession number
MA 4733.4:1
Creator
Barnard, Mary, 1909-2001, sender.
Display Date
Florence, Italy, 1949 April 28
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1993.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 14.7 x 10.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to: "Mr. Herbert Cahoon / New York Public Library / 42nd St + Fifth Ave- / New York City / U.S.A.".
Date of writing from postmark.
Postmarked.
Written on picture postcard of Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy.
Postal stamp has been excised.
Date of writing from postmark.
Postmarked.
Written on picture postcard of Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy.
Postal stamp has been excised.
Provenance
Herbert Cahoon.
Summary
Commenting on the selection of postcards available in Florence: "I told you I would send you a card from Florence, + here it is, though I don't think the selection of p.c.'s here is as good some places"; lamenting that the postcards do not showcase Florentine sidestreets; commenting on the bustle of Florence: "I can see EP's [Ezra Pound's] point about no place to sit down"; expressing admiration for the city.
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