A Michigan woman picked up her mail on Tuesday and was transported back in time. Figuratively, of course. Sitting on top of Brittany Keech's stack of mail was a postcard that might've appeared somewhat timely—"Halloween greetings," it read, next to an image of a witch and cat—if not for the postmark. It was dated Oct. 29, 1920, from Jamestown.
"I start looking at it and I'm like, 'OK, it's been through some wear and tear,'" the Belding resident tells WXMI, which reports the postcard was sent with a one-cent stamp featuring George Washington. Keech is now hoping to track down relatives of the writer, who'd directed the note to a Roy McQueen of Belding's Division Street.
"Dear Cousins, Hope this will find you all well," Flossie Burgess wrote in a neat script. "I just finished my history lesson," she went on, describing the "awful cold" weather and her mother's "awful lame knees." Keech hopes the postcard will resonate with a family member.
