A Bunch of Rowdies

A cyanotype real photo postcard postmarked Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1907, and addressed to Miss Gertrude Hostler, 314 Giddings St., Chicago, Ill.

Alkali Ike, Shooting Sam, Susie Shoestrings, and Willie Wildflower are the playful names that the sender of this card has given to some of the "rowdies" riding with her in this Columbus farm wagon (mouse over the image above for a better view of the miscreants).

Here's my transcription of the writing on the front of the card:

A Bunch of Rowdies

1.Alkali Ike.
2.The girl who composed that lullaby.
3.Shooting Sam.
4.Susie Shoestrings.
5.Yours truly. [Me.]
6.The last but best. A Dr. [Willie Wildflower (mine).]

Taken this summer.