The postcard used, front and back is of the Milwaukee Soldiers' Home and postmarked 1905 that I bought on eBay. My ancester didn't still live there then, but it would have been about the same.
Credits:
-background, old paper: Letters Home by Lynne Anzelc
-postmarks: Postmarked No. 1 by Anna Aspnes
-texture: BookTextures No. 1 by Anna Aspnes
-splat, texture, stamp, postal seal: Going Postal by Lynne Anzelc
-paint: Oscraps Collab Posh
-transfer, silver paint, watch, envelope: ArtPlay Palette Antiquity by Anna Aspnes
-word art: Antiquity WordART Mix No. 1 by Anna Aspnes
-arrow, flower, luggage: Wanderlust, elements by On A Whimsical Adventure (OAWA)
-brush, small stamp, tab: Oscraps Collab Going Places
fonts: Artistamp Medium, Stamp, Minya Nouvelle