A postcard from 1911

Steinar Sola (b. 1946), MHS employee, is a philatelist. One of his interests is the collection of postcards. Recently, he came across and bought a card showing our school. The writer of the message on the card was Marius Bendik Nøkling, a student here 1909-1914.

Steinar Sola (f. 1946), en av de ansatte ved MHS, er en filatelist. En av hans interesser er å samle på postkort. Nylig kom han over og fikk kjøpe et kort med motiv fra skolen vår. Den som skrev kortet, var Marius Bendik Nøkling, student her 1909-1914.

"Missionsskolen, Stavanger". Handwritten addition: "Hans adresse er: St. Fransiskus' hospital, Stavanger". Scanned image by the Mission Archives, 2009-01-29.
Adressee: "Larine Nøstbakken, Mosterhavn." Post office stamp date "1.1.11" i.e. 1 January 1911. Place: Stavanger. Scanned image by the Mission Archives, 2009-01-29.
Next to "Missionsskolen" on the first line of the message, the date "31/1-11" [i.e. 31 January 1911] has been added by a previous owner or collector. Scanned image by the Mission Archives, 2009-01-29.[ Click for larger version ]
Published: 2009‑01‑29