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OJ 5/45, [4] - Handwritten picture postcard from Heinrich and Jeanette Schenker, not mailed, dated September 13, 1923

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[Picture of small town, captioned: Waidhofen a. d. Thaya.]
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Am ⇧ 13. Sept. 1923

zum ertsen Mal auf dem Grabe der Mutter! 1


[signed:] Heinrich
[signed:] ⇧ Lie-Lie

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2011
{verso}
[Picture of small town, captioned: Waidhofen on the Thaya]
{recto}
⇧ September 13, 1923

for the first time at the grave of our mother! 1


[signed:] Heinrich
[signed:] ⇧ Lie-Lie

© Translation Ian Bent, 2011
{verso}
[Picture of small town, captioned: Waidhofen a. d. Thaya.]
{recto}
Am ⇧ 13. Sept. 1923

zum ertsen Mal auf dem Grabe der Mutter! 1


[signed:] Heinrich
[signed:] ⇧ Lie-Lie

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2011
{verso}
[Picture of small town, captioned: Waidhofen on the Thaya]
{recto}
⇧ September 13, 1923

for the first time at the grave of our mother! 1


[signed:] Heinrich
[signed:] ⇧ Lie-Lie

© Translation Ian Bent, 2011

Footnotes

1 Schenker's diary records the visit of Heinrich and Jeanette Schenker to Waidhofen an der Thaya on September 13, 1923 at OJ 3/4, pp. 2566‒2568. The writing of this picture postcard and other missives is recorded at OJ 3/4,p. 2567: "An Wilhelm, Sophie, u. Mozio Grüße – auch wir bewahren eine Ansichtskarte zur Erinnerung an den ersten Besuch." ("Greetings to Wilhelm, Sophie, and Mozio – we also keep a picture postcard in remembrance of our first visit."). The present item is presumably the last mentioned.

Commentary

Format
printed picture postcard, holograph message and two holograph signatures recto, picture verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1945)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1945-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
In the public domain
License
This document is deemed to be inthe public domain. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence [at] mus (dot) cam (dot) ac (dot) uk.

Digital version created: 2011-10-28
Last updated: 2011-10-28