Holiday Card

Terms

Postcards
Paper

Dimensions8.89 × 13.97 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Kuhlmann, in memory of her mother, Mrs. Edward Holton James

Object numberPER0105V

DescriptionA postcard (Post Card) valentine featuring an embossed and chromolithograph printed image of a cherub next to a vase containing blue and pink flowers and clover leaves. The card is blue/green iwth a purple rectangle behind the flower blossoms. Text in the lower proper left corner reads: To my / fond / Love". On the verso, printed in green is the text: "POST CARD". The verso is divided into two halves by a green line. On one side text reads: "THIS SPACE MAY BE USED / FOR COMMUNICATION". The other side reads: "THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE / WRITTEN HERE". A rectangle in the corner is printed with the text: "PLACE STAMP HERE / ONE CENT STAMP / FOR UNITED STATES / CANADA / & MEXICO / TWO CENT STAMP / FOR ALL OTHER / COUNTRIES".
Part of a gift of 25 Valentines.