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1933 SEP 15 PM 10 21
NA91 50 NL
SALEM ORE 15

MRS F W COLE
6220 MAIN ST INTERBAY TAMPA FLO

I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT PAPA IS HAPPY AT LAST NOW YOU HAVE ONLY THE
SAME GLAD MEMORIES OF HIM I HAVE HE WAS THE FINEST KINDEST MOST
PERFECT GENTLEMAN ON EARTH AND WE CAN NEVER THINK OF HIM OTHERWISE MY
THOUGHTS ARE ALWAYS WITH YOU MUCH LOVE TO YOU

BETTY.

[Between 1911 and 1915]

A new car, perhaps? Clearly the Coles are pleased with their fancy machine. I don’t yet know exactly when the Coles and Coopers left Black River Falls, Wisconsin, for Florida — but obviously this is Florida.

07-0030.01t.png07-0030.02t.pngLeft to right, Frank Lafayette Cooper (?), Ella Bowman Cole, Francis Wayland Cole, and Rachel Cole Cooper (?). Not sure of the dog’s name. The date could be anywhere from 1911 to 1915. The back of the photograph is labeled by Jean Cooper Disbrow:

early, undeveloped
7 miles out of Tampa, Fla.
1912 — — —

07-0035.01t.png07-0035.02t.pngLeft to right, Rachel Cole Cooper (?), Francis Wayland Cole, Frank Lafayette Cooper (?), and Ella Bowman Cole. The date could be anywhere from 1911 to 1915. The back of the photograph is labeled by Jean Cooper Disbrow:

Interbay — 1914 — — — — ?