George Francis Taylor (1875-1945)

Some of the pictures in the Taylor pile were Post Cards. These are pretty neat and while most of them were blank on the back, I thought it was a fun idea. I wonder what the process was to get them printed on post cards. I may have to look into that a bit more.

George Francis Taylor
b. 24 Apr 1875, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States
d. 16 May 1945, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

That's all I know! He is Grandma Pearl's uncle, brother of her father, William Taylor (1871-1942). Apparently he served an LDS mission in 1909 in Subiaco, W.A. At first I thought that was Washington State but since the postcard came "via England" that wouldn't be right. When I did a Google search I discovered it was in West Australia. That's pretty neat. There was no stamp on the card so it may have come in a packet with some other missionaries and not individually through the mail.

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Tarjeta Postal	Post Card		Bilhete Postal
Postkarte	Carte Postale		Levelezo-Lap
	Union Postale Universalle
COMMUNICATION.		ADDRESS ONLY.
Subiaco, W.A. Dec. 13, ’09. Dear Niece;-                     This picture will show you how a Mormon Elder looks just before preaching. Sometimes he looks that way when preaching except his hat is off and his mouth wide open. This picture was taken Oct. 30, ’09, but I look about the same now. It was taken in our back yard the next day after my beard was cut off. I am well and hope that this will find all of you the same. Love to all and accept the same yourself.                 Yours truly, Geo. F. Taylor		Miss Pearl Taylor Plain City, Weber Co. Utah, Via England. U.S.A.