Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
1956.018.074.002 |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Title |
A Gift of Love |
Description |
A postcard with bark-like shaded tan background and a heart with gold background and a picture of Japanese women, one with a blindfold. The title is: A Gift of Love. Addressed to: Miss Estella Kribs, Hespeler, Ont. Signed: Jenny Allen Sheffield, G.C.I. Postmarked: Galt, Ont., Feb. 13, 1906. |
Date |
1906 |
History |
Mary "Estelle/Estella" Kribs (1887-1977) was a daughter of William Abram Kribs (1859-1943) and Rhoda Fidilla Duffield (1863-1939) of Hespeler, ON. William was a local manufacturer, who owned several mills, a contractor, and former mayor of Hespeler. Estelle and her sister, Elizabeth "Viola" Kribs (1886-1978), never married. Later in life, they lived together in Hespeler. Viola trained as a nurse in the United States and served with the US Army during the First World War. She later became a naturalized U.S. citizen and continued to work as a nurse. Both sisters are buried in Cambridge's New Hope Cemetery. |
Search Terms |
Galt Collegiate Institute Valentine's Day |
People |
Kribs, Mary Estelle Sheffield, Jenny Allen |