LETTERS FROM THE PAST

This blog is to honor those who have come before us. These are family letters that I have had for years and wanted to be able to share them with family. It's an interesting way of knowing how life was in the past.

Myron F Taylor with 3 of his buddies in 1952. Over the last 20 years I've been working on our family letters. Letters that have been passed down. Including letters from my parents to my great-grandmother. Every letter was saved by my great grandmother and grandmother. I hope someday to either print them or give them to a museum. I am copying the letters–not being able to photocopy all of them. Each letter is in script. I know today very few can read them. I hope you enjoy them.

Sunday, October 12, 2025

Irvin Wineland - Oct 29, 1925 - Glendale CA


Los Angeles Biltmore stationary
Postmark Oct 29, 1929

1020 Ruberta Ave
Glendale, Calif

 

Dearest Bro and Wife:

We have been waiting anxiously to hear from you but haven’t heard a scratch since last spring.

How is the wheat crop good I hope.

You ought to see our Police dog – I’ll send you a picture of him soon. He’ll do lots of strunts earry things, jump about to and fro and seak and sit – lay downand to hurl me – you ought to see him scent all around the house – and he’ll never give up till he finds me.

We have a new car now – dodge sport touring brand new! – say boy some car too – about six of us drove to Ventura about 70 miles – in about 2 hours and up the mountain grades in high.

I think maby that next summer if everything is O.K. that my wife – and I and our dog will drive ack and see all the folks and on up in Nebr to see dad.

I’m thinking seriously about quitting the Hotel and go estimating jobs for tile and mantel business I have a good chance to get in a place here in Glendale and start in and learn the business – it’s a wonderful paying work too – a good estimator can work up to 3 or 4 hundred a week.

Have you been duck hunting yet this year? We went up to Ventura a couple of weeks ago – but poor shooting – too many gun clubs have all the best shooting. I got a moland a jack snip also a jack rabbit. I dididn’t get a chance to go deer hunting this year – but I intend to go quail hunting before the season closes.

How is grandfather White also grandfather Wineland getting along? Also all our Uncles and Aunts and Cousins?

I haven’t heard from any one for about six months. If they don’t want to write all right with me – they can’t say that they made much for me and I can always get along with out any of them – I tho’t maby that when I left that Grandfather White was sore about my quitting him. Maby you never knew – well here goes – he was paying another fellow more money than I, for equal amount of work – and Bill – well he was riding the tractor all day so I said the farther you get from your relatives the better off I am – they expect more from you than any one else and pay less.

Well maby I’ll surprise them all when we drive back.

Well write me all about you folks and all the new and don’t fail to tell the folks helo for us.

Wish you folks could see our little 5 room home, we have here – with grape fruit, orange and avocado trees and a fine garden it would make you want to come here and live – adios Senior –

Mr and Mrs. I G Wineland

1020 Ruberta
Glendale Callif




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