"Gee, I Wish I Had A Girl"

I chose the postcard "Gee, I Wish I Had A Girl."  The front of the postcard shows a young boy standing in the moonlight, admiring a couple and wishing he had a girlfriend himself. The bottom of the card reads, "Gee, I Wish I Had A Girl," and on the back the writer adds, "Yes I do, it's you." This postcard stuck out to me because it exemplified the humor of its era.  In the twenty-first century this postcard would be the equivalent of a cute, flirty text message that would most likely be answered within minutes.  In 1910, a postcard had to be sent all the way from Iowa to Indiana to relay this playful message.  I think it is unique and captures the innocence of young love, and shows how it's changed over the years. It leaves me wondering what happened to this couple.  Was it just young love, or did they end up together for the next fifty years?

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