The card is headed “A Happy New Year.” and presents a 1911 calendar arranged around a central oval portrait of a woman in a white hat trimmed with a pink rose. Lily-of-the-valley vines, an hourglass on a column, and the date 1911 fill the gold, heavily embossed design. New Year’s greeting cards with calendars were popular in the early 20th century as both greetings and practical keepsakes.
Postcard Details
Message · English
THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSA[?]
Wish you
a merry
Christmas
Addressed to
Aunt Leeb
From Bertha to
Aunt Leeb,
FromBertha
Postcard record
Series
SERIES NO. 78
Condition
Good
Notes
Heavily embossed gold background; calendar month cards; faint diagonal crease/scratch across central portrait area; light corner wear.
No postmark. Divided-back private post card with stamp box "DOMESTIC ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS"; embossed gold New Year 1911 card (front), Series No. 79; light soiling and yellow staining.
Cite this card
A Happy New Year calendar postcard with portrait of a woman, 1911, postcard, c. 1911. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/a-happy-new-year-calendar-postcard-with-portrait-of-a-woman. Accessed November 13, 2026.
