Vintage Photo Postcard : Dora Hobby Mitchell & Family

            This is Dora Hobby Mitchell and family at their farm, I'm guessing.
She writes to her sister on back:
"Dear Sister Nora,
Merry Christmas.
I oh so much would like to have invited ma and pa and all the folks to a family dinner tomorrow. But the Elephant stepped on our(?) fence and wont let me get anything (?) this time."

The "Merry Christmas" makes this a December note. The reference to "ma and pa" in the present tense would imply they're both alive, so before 1916 (when 'pa' Henry Hobby died).
The girl in the light dress on the right behind the boy is almost certainly Margery Mitchell (1896-1993). She looks 16-18 yrs old so I'm gonna date this about December 1915.

Dora May HOBBY was born on October 1, 1876, in Shelby, Michigan to Henry and Mary Hobby. She married Edwin Lee Mitchell on April 6, 1895, in Oceana, Michigan. They had seven children in 10 years (per my records). She died on March 10, 1939, in Hart, Michigan, at the age of 62, and was buried in Oceana, Michigan.

The 7 Children for Dora & Edwin Mitchell:
(1896-1993) Margery May Mitchell
(1897-1985) Jackson McKinley Mitchell
(1898-1980) Hugh Burr Mitchell
(1899-????) Edwin Lee Mitchell Jr.
(1903-1983) Menzo Mitchell
(1905-1914) Sedora Mitchell
(1906-1997) William Tell Byrd Mitchell

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This is a scanned image from a batch of wire comic postcards, publicity photos, vintage snapshots, cabinet cards, CDVs and real photo postcards purchased from auction.

I did some small, cosmetic clean-up retouches in photoshop.

Any comments or observations are much appreciated!
   

Taken in: United States / Michigan / Hart Township (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1915

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