"Gems of Lake Worth" - G.P. Cather Postcard
Object Date: 1915
Full Collection: Blanche Cather Ray Collection
Object Type: Postcard
Credit Line: OBJ-250-391-1021. Blanche Cather Ray Genealogy Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, NE.
Context:
"Gems of Lake Worth, copyright 1890" postcard with the heading "Beautiful Banana Tree bearing Fruit, Florida." Postmarked October 15, 1915, Grosvenor Phillips "G.P." Cather sent this postcard to his father with the results of a shooting competition, in which he took 66th place out of 531 entries.
Inscriptions:
State Camp Grounds
Fla. Oct 14th, 15
I got 66th place in the President's Match with 531 entries.
94 out of 100 at Rapid Fire
71 out of 75 at 600 yards
73 out of 75 at 1000 yards
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238 out of 250
G.P.
Addressed to Mr. Geo. P. Cather
Bladen Neb.
Fla. Oct 14th, 15
I got 66th place in the President's Match with 531 entries.
94 out of 100 at Rapid Fire
71 out of 75 at 600 yards
73 out of 75 at 1000 yards
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238 out of 250
G.P.
Addressed to Mr. Geo. P. Cather
Bladen Neb.