Gertrude Seibert cards

Gertrude Seibert cards are quite collectable and for several decades in Watch Tower history, postcards and motto cards were regularly exchanged between Bible Students. Here are a few examples from Gertrude taken from the collection of Andrew Foti. They are reproduced here with permission and with thanks.

First, a typical motto card.                                                                            

This example is of particular interest because Gertrude wrote on the reverse side.       

Next is an early example of Gertrude’s verse. The date given for the poem, 1894, is before her verse started appearing in Zion’s Watch Tower on a regular basis (in 1899). The card on which it appears will have been printed much later.

Around 1914 a number of her poems appeared on cards that gave an IBSA address on the reverse. Here is one example.

The reverse contains the local IBSA address as the divider between address and message.

When CTR died, Gertrude immediately wrote a poem, dated November 1, 1916.

                                   

Gertrude’s husband left her well provided for, and in the last decade of her life she was a much traveled lady. Her cards and poems often carried a location as well as a date. We will end with three examples.

From Los Angeles               

 

From Miami

And finally, from Kingston, Jamaica