Europe, 1926

History

This is a series of travel letters from 1926, written to her cousin Jessee Giddings and to her friend Sarah Effie Smith by Abby Turner. Someone carefully labelled the envelopes in red pencil with the date of the letter enclosed.

The Images

All letters have at least their first page or a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.

Itinerary: page 1 No envelope survives. Full contents of itinerary.
A Letter Written on Jun 22, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House, on stationery from Svenska Amerika Linien (on back flap). One stamp cut from envelope, obliterating original postmark.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Jul 1, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Mount Holyoke College, on stationery from Turist-Hotel Københ[...] and forwarded to Canada. Stamp cut away with original postmark. Transit marked Jul 20, 1926 12:30pm in South Hadley.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Jul 9, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House, on stationery from Hôtel Eggers, Göteborg, and forwarded to Canada. One stamp cut from envelope. Postmarked Jul 1-, 1926, and transit marked Jul 28, 1926 12:30pm in South Hadley and Jul 30, 1926 in Perce, Quebec (on back flap).; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Jul 18, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House, on stationery from Yris Hotel in Olden, Norway, and forwarded to Canada. One stamp cut from envelope, obliterating original postmark. Transit marked Aug 2, 1926 5:30pm in South Hadley.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Jul 21, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House, on stationery from Hotel Freiheim in Sogne, and forwarded to Canada. Postmarked Jul 23, 1926 in Bergensbanens. Transit marked Aug 5, 1926 12:30pm in South Hadley, and Aug 7, 1926 in Perce, Quebec. Stamp cut from envelope.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Jul 25, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House, on stationery from Hotel Rosenkrantz in Bergen, and forwarded to Canada. Transit marked Aug 9, 1926 5:30pm in South Hadley. Stamp and original postmark cut off.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Jul 28, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House, and forwarded to Canada. Transit marked Aug 13, 1926 5:30pm in South Hadley. Stamp and original postmark cut off.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
Letters Written on Jul 31 and Aug 5, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House, and forwarded to Newburyport and then to New Brunswick. On Grand Hotel, Grand Hotel Royal Stockholm stationery. Stamp and original postmark cut off.; page 1 The July 31 letter. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.; page 1 The Aug 5 letter. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Aug 13, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Mount Holyoke College, and forwarded to her sister's home in Newburyport, Mass. Transit marked Aug 27, 1926 12:30pm in South Hadley. Stamp and original postmark ripped away.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Aug 15, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House, and forwarded to her sister's home in Newburyport, Mass. Transit marked Aug 30, 1926 12:30pm in South Hadley. Stamp and original postmark cut away.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Aug 16, 1926: page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Aug 17, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Mount Holyoke College, and forwarded to her sister's home in Newburyport, Mass. Postmarked in Copenhagen.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Aug 23, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Mount Holyoke College, and forwarded to her sister's home in Newburyport, Mass. Postmarked Aug 24, 1926 5pm in Cambridge, England, and transit marked in South Hadley.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Aug 25, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Mount Holyoke College, and forwarded to her sister's home in Newburyport, Mass. Postmarked Aug 26, 1926 2:45pm in London, and transit marked Sep 10, 1926 7am in South Hadley.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Aug 30, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House. Postmarked Sep 1, 1926 7:15pm in Hereford.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Sep 3, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House. Postmarked Sep 5, 1926 7:30pm in Malvern.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Sep 7, 1926: envelope Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House, on stationery from White Hall Residential Hotels, London. Postmarked Sep 10, 1926 6:30pm in Southampton.; page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Postcard Written around Sep 10, 1926: front "R.M.S.P. Orbita (Triple-Screw 15486 Tons) Cabin Class Service to New York"; back Divided back, stamp box, postmarked Sep 10, 1926 on board R.M.S.P. Orbita, and Sep 11, 1926 15:30pm in Cherbourg, Manche, France. Addressed to Miss Sarah E. Smith at Faculty House. "Crossing Channel. A start on a fair, sunny day with the Needles at the end of the Isle of Wight absolutely dazzling white against a blue sea. No room-mate yet - but many join us at Cherbourg this p.m. Your letter from Campbellton very good to have. Boat spacious and good. My trunk here o.k. Much love - Abby"