Om genstanden
Postkort fra Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen til John Sofus Nelson (Carl Nielsens bror, Johan Sophus Nielsen). Motivet på postkortet er Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens statue "Dansk Fisker og Redningsmand" afbilledet på sin plads på havnen i Skagen.
Genstanden er doneret til Odense Bys Museer i august 2011. Det er givet af enken efter George E. Nelson, der var barnebarn til John S. Nelson. Kassen fra Amerika med div. Nielseniana (plader, breve, fotos mm) ankom til Odense fra USA 13. oktober 2011.
Melanie Nelson skriver bl.a. i mail af 31.7.2011: "Sophus Nielsen, brother of Carl Nielsen emigrated to the USA and changed his name to John Nelson. In his last years he lived in Ironwood, Michigan and Mercer, Wisconsin with his wife Jenny. Their only child was a son George I Nelson. George's son George E. Nelson, is my late husband. George died of a heart attack May 17, 2006, near Munster, Germany where we were vacationing.
My George and his siblings, Johnny and Prudence, lived with his grandfather and grandmother, John and Jenny Nelson, for 2 years during The Great Depression, and I was told that although Sophus (John) was over 70 years old, he got up early every morning and made oatmeal for the children before they went to school. Johnny died in 1953 in Canada on a canoe trip, and Prudence died 2002 in Mercer Wisconsin of a rare cancer."
På forsiden står i Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens hånd: "Fisker Redningsmand af Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen" På bagsiden: "Mister John Sofus Nielsen/ 239 W. Norris St/ Ironwood/ Mich./ U.S.A./ Kjære Sophus. Kun disse Ord/ for at meddele Dig og Din Kone/ at Carl skal have et Monument her/ i København og dette bliver opstillet/ og afsløret d. 17. December Klk/ 1 3/4 dansk Tid. Det vilde/ glæde mig om I kunde høre det/ i Radioen. Glædelig og god Jul./ Hjerteligste Hilsener/ Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen/ Frederiksholms Kanal 28 d 4/12 1939/ Danmark Copenhagen/ Det udsendes i Radioen"
