Birthday Greetings Card - Violets. And Phil Silvers.

            The Postcard

A birthday greetings postcard published by Wildt & Kray of London.

The card was sent to an unmarried girl at the School House, Hullavington, Chippenham on the 11th. May 1911.

The school was founded in 1833 and is still going strong.

Wildt & Kray

Wildt & Kray, who were active between 1903 and 1915, were based at 15, Lensden Place, London EC1. They published a wide variety of postcard types, including many view-cards that were artist drawn. 

Those from Ireland sometimes had shamrock borders. They also produced many real photo cards, sepia art reproductions, greetings cards, depictions of dogs, and people in the form of vegetables. 

These cards were manufactured in England. Reinthal & Newman printed many cards for them.

Phil Silvers

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

Well, on Thursday the 11th. May 1911,  a baby boy named Philip Silver was born in the working-class Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York.  His father, Reuben Silver was a sheet metal worker who helped build the early New York skyscrapers.

Philip became better known as the entertainer and comedy actor Phil Silvers.  He was also known as 'The King of Chutzpah'.

Phil Silvers is best known for starring in the Phil Silvers Show, a 1950's sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Sergeant Bilko.

In 1972 Phil suffered a stroke which left him with slurred speech.  Despite his poor health, he continued working into the early 1980's, including featuring in an episode of Happy Days as the father of Jenny Piccolo (played by his daughter Cathy Silvers).

Phil died of a heart attack in his sleep on the 1st. November 1985 in Century City, California, having lived for 74 years, 5 months and 21 days, or, to put it another way, 27,203 days.

He was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Taken on: September 2, 2011

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