The postcard shows the printed greeting "A Joyful Christmas" above an embossed ivy sprig and a small framed landscape with a rustic bridge, fence, and trees, a typical early-20th-century holiday design pairing floral ornament with a sentimental rural scene. On the back, the sender, signing as Phebe, thanks Mrs. M. K. Nichols of Walton for a present and writes that she and Mr. Walling had their pictures taken once more for their children; she notes her husband was 75 in July and she was 58 in February, and asks for a reply soon.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
My Dear Friend I wish to
thank you for the nice
present you sent me
Mr Walling and I thought
we would have our
pictures taken once
more for our children
they dont know about it and so
will be very much surprised
I am agoing to send you one
for I know you will want it
let the girls see it wish I had
enough for them we are
getting so old we shall never have
it again my husband was 75 the 6
day of last July I was 58 the 9
of last Feb write soon Phebe
Silver border; embossed ivy leaves; printed number 530 at lower right; diagonal crease at upper right and scattered staining.
Postmark: ONEONTA DEC 24 9:30 AM 1907. Divided-back chromolithograph Christmas card; light creasing, edge wear and a few stains.
Cite this card
A Joyful Christmas postcard, Oneonta, NY, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/a-joyful-christmas-postcard-oneonta-ny-1907. Accessed November 3, 2026.
