Annie Petersen Robinson home
The following letter was written to Annie and Lee Robinson by Alice Byington in about 1937 or 38. Annie was a sister to Tillie, Alice's mother. Alice must have loved her very much. Here is the letter along with an actual photo of the house. Notice the small log cabin on the left side of the photo. This is where Grandpa and Grandma Petersen lived:
Dear Aunt Annie and Uncle Lee:
I don’t suppose you remember, a number of years ago when we were all little or maybe you didn’t know how we children felt about going to your place. Well I’ll try to tell you a little. Your place was paradise to us children.
I remember the trees, the flowers, the lawn, the sidewalk, the brick house, the orchard and cider, the little log house Grandma Nina Marie and Grandpa Anders Christian Petersen lived in with the smelly wood fires and the graham bread and cheese inside.
And then inside your house, there was the endless towel on the door. The Jap Rose Soap in the bathroom. The clothes rack where you use to hang freshly ironed clothes. Then there was the big fern. The archway drapes with the long tassels, all these things were wonders to me and yet I don’t suppose you ever knew how happy it made me just to go there and walk around.
The Snowball bush, the Honeysuckle vine, Lilacs, Bridal-wreath, and the yellow Soldier Buttons, Peonies and Ribbon Grass… You see, I remember them all.
And then one year, you had us all come to your home for Christmas… do you remember the nice dinner, the shiny Christmas tree, the strings of pink and white popcorn and popcorn balls? Just before we left, you gave each one of us a walnut that had been hanging on the tree and inside it was a tiny doll.
I don’t know why I am writing all these things but, I do hope my memories will be as pleasant to you as they are they are to me.
Oh yes, I haven’t forgotten the lump sugar and the buffalo nickels, Uncle Lee used to give to us and the many nice things that you brought to us, when we had the smallpox.
And one more thing, Aunt Annie, I’ll always love blue and white Canterbury Bells, because of the big bunch you sent to me when I was operated on.
May these things bring many happy memories to your mind,
Alice, Bert, Rodney and Spencer Byington
Written about 1937 or 1938
The following letter was written to Annie and Lee Robinson by Alice Byington in about 1937 or 38. Annie was a sister to Tillie, Alice's mother. Alice must have loved her very much. Here is the letter along with an actual photo of the house. Notice the small log cabin on the left side of the photo. This is where Grandpa and Grandma Petersen lived:
Dear Aunt Annie and Uncle Lee:
I don’t suppose you remember, a number of years ago when we were all little or maybe you didn’t know how we children felt about going to your place. Well I’ll try to tell you a little. Your place was paradise to us children.
I remember the trees, the flowers, the lawn, the sidewalk, the brick house, the orchard and cider, the little log house Grandma Nina Marie and Grandpa Anders Christian Petersen lived in with the smelly wood fires and the graham bread and cheese inside.
And then inside your house, there was the endless towel on the door. The Jap Rose Soap in the bathroom. The clothes rack where you use to hang freshly ironed clothes. Then there was the big fern. The archway drapes with the long tassels, all these things were wonders to me and yet I don’t suppose you ever knew how happy it made me just to go there and walk around.
The Snowball bush, the Honeysuckle vine, Lilacs, Bridal-wreath, and the yellow Soldier Buttons, Peonies and Ribbon Grass… You see, I remember them all.
And then one year, you had us all come to your home for Christmas… do you remember the nice dinner, the shiny Christmas tree, the strings of pink and white popcorn and popcorn balls? Just before we left, you gave each one of us a walnut that had been hanging on the tree and inside it was a tiny doll.
I don’t know why I am writing all these things but, I do hope my memories will be as pleasant to you as they are they are to me.
Oh yes, I haven’t forgotten the lump sugar and the buffalo nickels, Uncle Lee used to give to us and the many nice things that you brought to us, when we had the smallpox.
And one more thing, Aunt Annie, I’ll always love blue and white Canterbury Bells, because of the big bunch you sent to me when I was operated on.
May these things bring many happy memories to your mind,
Alice, Bert, Rodney and Spencer Byington
Written about 1937 or 1938