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Wimbledon - High Street

            The Postcard

A postcard that was published by E. Trim of Wimbledon. The card was phototyped in Frankfurt.

The card was posted on Tuesday the 9th. May 1905 to:

Mrs. Laupharson,
Carlton Lane,
Clifton Drive,
Lytham,
Lancashire.

The Birth of Mother's Day

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 9th. May 1905, upon the death of U.S. social activist Ann Reeves Jarvis In West Virginia, her daughter Anna Jarvis resolved to campaign across the United States for a proposed "Mother's Day."

Anna lobbied successfully to get the state of West Virginia to recognize the second Sunday in May as the day for remembrance of mothers, both living and dead. 

Miss Jarvis's campaign was the inspiration for multiple celebratory days for family members during the year, and provided a new outlet for business for florists and sellers of greeting cards.

Despite initiating Mother's Day, as the years passed, Jarvis grew disenchanted with the growing commercialization of the observation (she herself did not profit from the day).

Anna even attempted to have Mother's Day rescinded. She died in a sanitarium, with her medical bills being paid by people in the floral and greeting card industries.

Lilí Álvarez

The day also marked the birth, in Rome, to Spanish parents, of Lilí Álvarez.  

Lilí was a Spanish tennis player who appeared in the finals at Wimbledon in 1926, 1927, and 1928, and won the French Open mixed doubles in 1929.

Lili died in 1998.

Taken on: February 21, 2024

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