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To Arno Curt Pappe from his sister in Germany, Amalie Gertrude "Trudel" Pappe This is the first of a series of postcards sent to Arno Curt Pappe (1893-1948) from his sister Gertrude Pappe (1891-?), who went by the nickname Trudel. Arno emigrated about a year before this postcard was sent. Arno worked for many years as a baker for Fred Harvey, owner and operator of a large chain of restaurants, hotels and lunch rooms in the southwest. (Note 1) The card is addressed to "Curt Renall," which is an alias that Arno used in the pre-war years when anti-German sentiment was widespread. Trudel is apparently one of the telephone operators in the photo -- possibly the fourth woman from the left. The stamp has been removed, along with most of the German postmark but it appears to have been sent from Jena. (Note 2). Addressed to : To: Mst. Curt Renall Forward to: German Transcription: Jena, den 28.5.1912 Damit du siehst vor ich mich den ganzen Tag und halte, sende ich dir um stehendes Bildchen mit herzlichen Grüssen. Erkenn[st] du mich? Mama lässt auch grüssen, leider ist sie noch immer krank. Nochmals Gruss. deine Trudel English Translation: Jena [Germany], May 28, 1912 So that you don’t imagine (envision) me the entire day and fail (?), I’m sending you some pictures with best wishes. Do you recognize me? Mama also sends greetings, unfortunately she is still sick. Once again greetings. Your Trudel
________________________________ NOTES: (1) Harvey House was the first restaurant chain, with 84 establishments in seven states along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. Fred Harvey's company was dedicated to bringing good food at reasonable prices in clean, elegant restaurants, to the travelling public throughout the Southwest. See the Harvey House Homepage. (2) Jena is about 65 miles southwest of Leipzig, Germany, which is where Gertrude and Arno were born. In the partial postmark we can see the top portions of the letters "JEN" and the town is mentioned in the first line of the card. (3) Note that their mother is mentioned but not their father, Karl Pappe (b. 1854) in Leipzig. From that we can infer that Karl had already passed away by 1912. In 1912 Karl would have been 58 years old. Karl's brothers died at age 58 and 69 and his sons died at 48 and 55.
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