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Excerpts from letter to Georgia O'Keeffe, Sept. 3, 1946, from Dr. Leopold Stieglitz, Alfred Stieglitz's brother.

Dear Georgia:

As to the collection of postal cards: father and mother spent the winter of 1881/82 in Karlsruhe, Baden - there father met among others an artist named Hasemann - Wilhelm, I believe was his first name. While away from Karlsruhe Hasemann sent father a postal card with an original drawing by him on it as a greeting - father was so pleased with it that he gave Hasemann an order to send him similar cards periodically - I do not remember at what intervals. Father wanted to help Hasemann, who was a very worthy painstaking and gifted artist. With Father's help he built himself a small home, chiefly studio, in a small village in the Black Forest named Gutach; the following summer (1882) father rented the entire sleeping and living quarters of the Gasthaus zum Loewen - a very primitive tavern - in Gutach, and the family spent the summer there.....Hasemann was known best for his paintings of Black Forest pictures with the women and men in their local costumes. He was also known for having illustrated a very beautiful - rather sentimental novelette by Theodore Storm one of the better German minor poets; Immensee was widely read - and Haseman's illustrations were lovely. - I do not know how many years Haseman continued sending cards to father. As a rule the P.O. officials took great care in stamping them - but one I remember was marred by the P.O. stamp and father naturally was furious. - Father helped a number of artists financially, as no doubt Alfred told you - but Hasemann was the only one that ever repaid the so-called loans. - When I get to New York I should very much like to see the Haseman book, which I have not seen since Father died in 1909. - I have always thought these cards were the first picture postals sent through the mail, which very soon thereafter developed into a huge business. I remember seeing colored postals of Haseman's paintings among the most popular of the cards. Historically the whole thing is interesting outside of its artistic value......"