Postcard Sent by Charles Steinmetz to Clara Steinmetz, February 28, 1897, "Gruss aus Breslau"
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Charles Steinmetz moved to the United States in 1889 and began an influential career in electrical engineering. His sister Clara, a poet and painter, followed sometime around 1897. The siblings remained close, visiting one another and corresponding regularly until Charles' death in 1923. On a business trip in 1897, Charles mailed Clara this postcard with "greetings from Breslau," their German hometown.
Charles Steinmetz moved to the United States in 1889 and began an influential career in electrical engineering. His sister Clara, a poet and painter, followed sometime around 1897. The siblings remained close, visiting one another and corresponding regularly until Charles' death in 1923. On a business trip in 1897, Charles mailed Clara this postcard with "greetings from Breslau," their German hometown.
Artifact
Postcard
Subject Date
28 February 1897
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1399.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 5.313 in
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