Pictured here is a New Years postcard postmarked January 1, 1913. It was sent from Mary R. to a S.W.W. Burgett, both of Whitewater. In her note, Mary sends “greetings for the new year!” In the early twentieth century, postcards were an especially popular way to send a short note to friends and family on special occasions, holidays, and sometimes just to say hi. Mary’s postcard only cost her one cent to send! What are your family’s New Year’s traditions and memories?

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(Burgett Family Postcards Collection, Whitewater Historical Society)​