Frustrated soldier , Harry Draper, in France on August 7, 1917, sat down and penned a message on this embroidered postcard to “ Dear Linda” expressing his disappointment at again not having received mail from her. Linda’s previous letter to him had" been wandering about the world for about seven months ". After four days of rain, the weather seemed to be easing up and things were very quiet at the time . Harry had been reading the newspaper until he had “nearly gone blind.” Now he was writing for a change ; he hoped she was in the best of health as he was " at present". These kinds of postcards were called “silks”, because they were hand embroidered on strips of silk mesh , produced by French and Belgian women , who spent hours in their homes or refugee camps making them. The silks often had a flap,like this one, under which a personal message could be inserted . Postcard from Peter Simon Militaria Collection
