A postcard from Walter Fornes and classmates 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.

Obverse

Do you know if any mail was forwarded to this place for us? We received none. Our next address is, care of “Gigi.” Guess Schmidtty knows it.

Prosit to the “sitting,” Cat. Hurrah for you! - Winter

Keep it up Cat - will prosit on that. Joe

Regards to the Rex, P. […], the brother etc. W. F.

Reverse

Florence, Apr 8, ‘08.

Dear Will:

Your card rec’d this morning; very glad to learn that you are getting along so well. We expect to find you playing handball with the gang when we get back. We leave for Rome this [morn], hoping to find better weather there. Regards W. F.