Joseph Vidich in International Falls, Minnesotta - 1913

Joseph Vidich is pictured in the back row on the right side.

Pauline Pesjak received this postcard a few days after it was mailed on August 14, 1913 near International Falls, Minnesota. At the time, Pauline was vacationing with the Norden family, her employers, at the posh Harbor View Hotel on Cape Cod in the town of Edgartown, Massachusetts. This hotel was a destination retreat for New York's wealthiest residents and Pauline certainly enjoyed her stay there even if her duties required her to tend to the Norden's children. Fluent in German, Slovenian and English, Pauline was a very attractive young lady who was well regarded by New York's upper crust families - having also worked for the Rheingold family - of beer fame. 


Built in 1891, Harbor View Hotel has been nicknamed the “Grand Dame” of Martha’s Vineyard and introduced a new era for Edgartown and Martha’s Vineyard. With an extraordinary view of Edgartown Harbor from the hotel's broad veranda, Harbor View became a summer haven for wealthy New Yorkers visiting the Vineyard.

Pauline Pesjak received this postcard from her fiance in August 1913 while vacationing on Martha's Vineyard

The photo shows Joseph Vidich in the right rear row with several other gentlemen including Pauline's older brother Franc Pesjak who it is believed came to America before her sister. 

It was just eight months later that Joseph married Pauline in St. Louis County Minnesota - apparently impressed by this handsome twenty seven year old Slovenian man.