G.064.03 - G.065.03 Christmas / New Year 1913/14 - Good Bye Värmland, Hello Dalsland

 G.064.03

To: Herr Gust Ekman, Speked, Vermls Nyseter

God Jul och Gott Nytt År tillönskas av Edla Johnsson
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Edla Johnsson

G.065.01

To: Herr Gust. Ekman, Speked, Värmlans Nyseter

God Jul och Gott Nytt År tillönskas av Emma Johnsson

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Emma Johnsson

G.065.02

To: Herr Gustaf Ekman, Speked, Värml. Nyseter

God Jul tillönskas av din söta vän
Merry Christmas from your sweetheart ('sweet friend')

G.065.03

To: Herr Gustaf Ekman, Backa, Brålanda
From: Oscar (Gustaf's brother), sent from Norrköping 31.12 1913

Godt nytt år! Hjärtl. hälsningar fr. oss alla. / Oscar

Happy New Year! Best wishes from us all. / Oscar

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At Christmas 1913, some cards are still being sent to Gustaf at Värmlands Nysäter. The two Christmas cards at the top are from Edla Johnsson and Emma Johnsson. From previous cards I assume that these two ladies also lived in that neighbourhood. The third one is from someone who just signs herself  "your sweet friend" (sweetheart). The fourth card, with New Year greetings from Gustaf's brother Oscar, shows that by then, Gustaf had moved to Brålanda in Dalsland - where I know that he was to remain for some years onward. 

To me the handwriting on all three Christmas cards looks rather similar; which makes it hard to guess whether Gustaf was perhaps leaving behind some girl with a broken heart in Värmland; or moving to Dalsland to be closer to a sweetheart there... (I suppose both could be true!) 

(Cf. the post Gustaf-dagen 6 juni 1913. There was an anonymous romantic message among those cards as well.)