Mösseberg, Ankdammen. 52737
Imp. G.W. Lundins Bokhandel (Hjalmar Lundin) Falköping
(G.017.01)
Date: Unknown, but most likely 23.6.1902 (Midsummer Eve)
Sent from: Mösseberg, Falköping (spa resort)
To: Herr Gustaf Ekman, Storegården, Fristad
From: Gerda
Jag är nu på Mösseberg och har mycke roligt. Här skulle du varit med. Jag kommer nog hem på tisdag e.m. på halv 7 tåget tänker jag, eljest på sista tåget, möt mig då.
Tack för brefvet, det kom oförväntat.
Hälsningar från Gerda
Hälsningar från Anna E—? o E—r o Edith.
I am now at Mösseberg and am having a very good time. You should have been here. I think I'll be home on Tuesday by the 6:30 train, or else the last train - meet me then. Thanks for the letter, I did not expect that.
Greetings from Gerda
(and Anna E-, E-r and Edith)
Mösseberg is (still) a spa resort up on the hill Mösseberg at Falköping, founded in 1865. There was a spring there, and the location high up was also considered to be good for people with lung diseases. (The hill is ~100 m high.) A railway nearby made it easy for people to get there. In 1885, there was a sanatorium for people with tuberculosis. In the early 1900s, it became more of a spa for "anyone", including healthy and wealthy upper class people. The park and bath were restored and more guest rooms added, to be able to have guests there all year round. (Source: Swedish Wikipedia article.)
The postmark on the card shows vague traces that the date may have been 23, but not which month or year. My guess is June 1902, though. Later that year, Gustaf (the recipient of the card) and his sister Gerda (the sender) would both be emigrating to America. The image on the card shows a Midsummer pole. Midsummer Eve back then was always celebrated on June 23. In 1902 that was a Monday, and Gerda writes that she'll be going back home on Tuesday evening. E-r might refer for Ester (their sister), and Edith could be their niece - their older sister Emma's daughter. I also seem to recall having heard that Ester at some point did spend some time at Mösseberg for her own health - but I don't know when.
You'll find my original post about this card here (2013-06-18).
Back then, I had not yet starting linking this blog to Sepia Saturday.
Linking now to Sepia Saturday 831 - "Celebration time"
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