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Worland Family Papers

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Scope and Contents

This collection of postcards includes greeting cards for various holidays as well as postcards from all over the United States. Two cards depict anti-black imagery in the pickaninny caricature style. Many of the cards have notes written mostly to Mr. and Mrs. George Worlund of Brandenburg, Kentucky. Many of the notes are brief hellos; however, some do give news such as the death of a brother or other news of family and friends. The collection also includes two unidentified photographs.

Dates

Creation: 1911 - 1987
Acquisition: 2018-05-09

Biographical or Historical Information

George H. Worland (1872-1943) was born in Meade County, Kentucky, son of Barney Worland and Elizabeth Gough. He married Zula J. Malin (1872-1958) in 1898. In the early 1900s Worland owned a drug store in Brandenburg, KY, and according to census records he was employed in a dry goods store and a bank in 1920 and 1930 respectively.The Worlands did not have any children, but had numerous extended family members.

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