Fritz Höllmüller to Lina Höllmüller, March 4, 1910

Author

Fritz Höllmüller

Recipient

Caroline Höllmüller (Rauch)

Date

March 4, 1910

Origin

Munich, Bavaria

Destination

Kansas City, Missouri

Description

This postcard was sent to Caroline ("Lina") Höllmüller from her brother Fritz in 1910. She was born in 1881 near Neureichenau, in a picturesque area of eastern Bavaria, where family operated a resort for travelers. In 1902, she immigrated to the United States. She spent some time working as a nanny in Kansas City, Missouri, where she received this postcard in 1910. The next year she moved to Chicago, where in 1913 she married Joseph A. Rauch. She lived in Chicago for the remainder of her life.

Type

postcard

Language

German

Source

Caroline Höllmüller Rauch postcards

Collection

Community Contributions

Repository

Tom Rauch collection

Citation

“Fritz Höllmüller to Lina Höllmüller, March 4, 1910.” Caroline Höllmüller Rauch postcards, Tom Rauch collection, accessed from German Heritage in Letters, March 12, 2026, https://germanletters.org/items/show/455

Original text

[verso:]

München, 4. III. 1910.

Liebe Schwester! Deine Karte erhalten nach einem Jahr wieder das 1. Lebenszeichen. War höchste Zeit. Deine Photographie hat uns [?] Bertha [/?] geschickt. Danken Dir dafür. Von den Kleinen habe ich momentan leider kein bild, werde sie aber bald vervielfältigen lassen. Ebenso habe ich von Käthi keins. Mußt halt selbst kommen u. sie Dir ansehen. Wie lange bleibst Du noch drüben? Und bist Du sonst wohl? Wir sind gesund auch [?] Yblagger's [/?], ebenso Mutter u. das übrige Gesindel;

[vertical divider; address block:]

Miss Lina Höllmüller

2743 Madison Str.

Kansas City

Nord-Amerika

[recto:]

[top-right corner, upside-down:]

Wohnen jetzt:

Bruckmesterstr. 8/III. beim [?] Prinzengartentor [/?]

[top-left corner, upside down:]

Viele Grüße von uns allen Fritz.

Transcribed by project staff

English text

[verso:]

Munich, 4 March 1910

Dear sister! Your card receives its first sign of life after a year. It's about time. Bertha sent us your photograph. Thank you for that. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the little ones at the moment, but I will have them copied soon. Neither do I have any of Käthi. You will just have to come and look at them yourself. How long will you stay over there? And are you otherwise well? We are healthy too [?] the Yblaggers [/?], as well as mother and the rest of the riffraff;

[vertical divider; address block:]

Miss Lina Höllmüller

2743 Madison Str.

Kansas City

Nord-Amerika

[recto:]

[top-right corner, upside down:]

we are now living at:

Bruckmesterstr. 8/III. by [?] Prinzengartentor [/?]

[top-left corner, upside down:]

Greetings from us all - Fritz

Translated by project staff