A postcard from “Katie” and Joseph Hoernschmeyer visiting in Firenze to William Mary Schifferli at Innsbruck.

William at this time was sick with tuberculosis, and would soon return from school in early June 1908 to the family home in Buffalo NY to convalesce, but would pass away on 27-Jul-1908, a few months after this card was written.

Florence, IV/7/08.

Say, Bill, this is a damp town. We go soon into the […] Halle. The […] keep us quite busy. How did you like the sick cat? Prosit. Katie.

Its raining to beat the band. We don’t care. Katie is contented. […] Joe