Postcard of a courthouse building
Handwritten note on back says "Mount Hope, Oct 10. Dear Mother: I arrived here safely yesterday. Aunt Kate & Hazel were at the depot to meet me. Charley was over this morning and examined me. He has not decided what is wrong yet, but says there is a dullness of pulse under that sunken side. All well. Good bye, Edith. Mrs. E. B. Johnson, Wichita, Kansas, R.R.#7"
This scrapbook was started by William McKinley Coates for his only grandson William Frederick Stephans. William McKinley Coates was very interested in firehouses and Wichita history. He lived in Wichita his whole life. He worked at the Wichita Stockyards Commission. After William's death, his wife Rachel May (Brooks) Coates finished the scrapbook; she wrote most of the notes.
Postcard of a bridge
Handwritten note on back says "Dec 18 1912, Dear Mother and all. Well ma I guess you think I have forgot to write to you. We are all well except bad colds. Well ma if it is nice weather we be down Christmas. Maude has a little sore throat. She is better now. Daisy is here with us. Well I will tell you more when I see you. Good bye From Frannie. Mrs E. B. Johnson, Oatville, Kans."
