Vivian Vance wrote this recipe to her sister Mickey in January of 1957. On her personal postcard stationery using red ink, Viv writes in part – “It’s great and will feed a mob” about a new casserole. Vivian’s sister was married to Ralph Bouyer. I Love Lucy fans may recognize the name Bouyer used in the episode ‘The Girls Go Into Business’ – the guy who bought the clothing store from Lucy and Ethel for $3,500 and in turn sold it to a construction company for $50,000. A common practice on the show was using names of real life people for characters or story lines.
Category: Card
Valentine’s Day card from Lucille Ball to Gary Morton
A Valentine’s Day card filled with love from Lucille Ball to husband Gary Morton. The scalloped edge card features rose, bleeding heart and forget-me-not flowers with lace along with a note For you, Honey on the cover. The inside has a preprinted poem of which Lucy has underlined certain words. She also hand wrote “Gary Darling” and signed it “Your Wife.”