Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked December 23, 1922 from Sacramento, California. Publisher unknown. Price: $4.00 “May the fleeting seasons as they come and go Each their richest gifts on you, my friend, bestow.” We wish they were a little less…Read More…
Category: New Year
The Little New Year
Divided back, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked December 29, 1914 from Lancaster, Kansas. Series NY-76. Publisher unknown. Price: $6.00 Greetings…. “The little New Year is about to appear. I hope he will bring you all joy and good cheer.” Does the…Read More…
Herzlichen Glückwunsch
“Herzlichen Glückwunsch, zum neuem jahre!” “Warm congratulations to the New Year!” We’ve traveled to Germany to offer New Year’s wishes, albeit belatedly, with a beautiful little card bringing good luck. The design shows a leaf in green, secured by a…Read More…
Bonne Année ’47
Here’s another for the new year, from France this time, and showing a very summery design of pink roses overflowing from a garden urn. The writing is difficult to read in places, and we’ll just translate the first two lines…Read More…
HNY From Sonora, CA
Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked December 31, 1909 from Sonora, California. Publisher: Davidson Bros., London, England and New York, New York. “Davidson Bros.’ Pictorial Post Cards.” Series 3020. Price: $5.00 “A Happy New Year” Yet another in the Ethel Main…Read More…
Fruitcake From Ethel
“A Happy New-Year.” A heavily-embossed postcard of a poinsettia in a bed of holly and some forget-me-nots bordering a clock which is about to mark the new year. This card is from the Ethel Main Collection and kind of personal….Read More…
Happiness In The New Year
As per usual, I wanted to get to more of these posted and more timely, too, especially since it’s now January 3rd. But this is one found in an antique store, no writing on the back, no publisher info, so…Read More…
A Beautiful Lady At Christmastime
“Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.” No name on the back or photographer name, just a photo of a woman sending her Christmas and New Year’s wishes. She is perhaps in her fifties, with a very…Read More…
1910 Calendar Postcard
This one (from the Ethel Main Collection) may seem a little out of place: It would normally go up in December, per the little calendar at the bottom (with Christmas wreath?) but then again the lovely oval image above it…Read More…
Herzliche Neujahrsgrüße!
Here’s a 1920 postcard whose caption translates as “Warm New Year Greetings!” It shows an illustration of two adorable little girls, dressed for winter; the older girl carries a basket of holly on one arm. We see part of a…Read More…