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A Cheerful Easter card with cross, Buffalo, NY, 1909

Subjects
ChristianityEasterGeneral Greetings
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of A Cheerful Easter card with cross, Buffalo, NY, 1909, Mr. William Feil, IN, USA, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of A Cheerful Easter card with cross, Buffalo, NY, 1909, Mr. William Feil, IN, USA, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

The card shows a large white cross outlined in gold against a brown ground. Inside the cross is a small landscape of water, low buildings, and bare trees under a dawn or sunset sky. Sprays of blue forget-me-nots with pink buds twine around the cross. Easter postcards of the period often paired Christian symbols with spring flowers, and forget-me-nots were a common emblem of remembrance. Amanda R. mailed the card from Buffalo, New York, to a soldier at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, hoping the Easter rabbit would be good to him "being from home" and promising to eat her own rabbit to his health.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Friend, I hope you will excuse my not having sent you a postal but I deem every body is so very busy just now for Easter that I couldn't get to it not that I forgot you though. I received your postals and thank you for same. I hope the rabbit will be very good to you this Easter being from. home. I will eat mine to your health. your friend, Amanda R.

A CHEERFUL EASTER
PostmarkedBuffalo, NY, March 27, 1909, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. William Feil

Ft. Benj. Harrison IN

Postcard record

Postmarked, Buffalo, NY
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr. William Feil, Ft. Benj. Harrison, IN
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesEmbossed relief flowers; worn and chipped edges and corners; no white border; divided-back greeting design with "This Space For Writing Messages" and "This side for the Address only." headings. Postmark: BUFFALO, N.Y. MAR 27 1909 11-F PM. Divided-back card with embossed/textured stock; 1¢ green Franklin adhesive stamp; light wear and a small stain at the lower right corner.

Cite this card

A Cheerful Easter card with cross, Buffalo, NY, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/a-cheerful-easter-card-with-cross-buffalo-ny-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.