Originally published February 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified February 13, 2008 at 11:02 AM
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Print viewPostcard penned in 1929 arrives in Boston mailbox from Seattle
Postcard sent from Seattle to Boston in 1929 finally arrives at its destination.
The message on the postcard to a "Miss Margaret McDonald" was short. Its path to the intended address was much longer.
Nearly 79 years after it was sent, a postcard of Yellowstone National Park's Tower Falls arrived in a Boston mailbox recently with the one-word message, "Greetings."
Its intended recipient had long since left the Victorian on Sparhawk Street, and the sender was not identified by name.
Michael Cioffi was shocked to find the card dated June 1929 in his mail. He says the McDonald family did own his house for generations, but he doesn't think there is anyone left in the family to pass the postcard to.
A U.S. Postal Service spokesman says it's impossible to know what happened with the card. It somehow got into the mail and was sent with a one cent stamp from Seattle earlier this year.
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