An Easter greeting shows the IHS monogram above a cross, with white doves in flight and a walled city skyline below. The printed caption reads "A Joyous Easter." The IHS monogram is a traditional abbreviation of the name of Jesus, and doves are common Easter symbols of peace and the Holy Spirit. On the back, the sender writes to Aunt Lib about fine March weather, garden planting, and being homesick for family.
Postcard Details
Message · English
March 17-10-
Dear Aunt Lib - Received
Eliza's card this morning.
Very sorry to hear you had
been sick. Hope you are
all well by this time.
Sent a letter yesterday,
Suppose you got it today.
We are certainly having
fine weather. Looks like
making garden. The
folks who moved where
Crosses lived have planted
some garden. What is
John doing now. I am
getting awful home sick
for mamma + Chesela.
Hoping you are all well,
as every
Ross,
Embossed silver/gilt accents and silver-flecked border; worn corners and edge scuffs. Printed caption "A Joyous Easter"; design includes an IHS Christogram monogram above the cross and a small artist's signature at lower right.
Postmark: partially legible — letters "S E D A" and "1 7 A" are visible inside the circular cancel struck over the stamp; no clear date or town readable. Divided-back embossed card printed in Germany (B.B. London & New York, Series Nº 2510); message dated "March 17 - 10" (1910). Heavy foxing/browning over the whole card, worn and chipped corners.
Cite this card
A Joyous Easter, IHS monogram with doves, Hastings, IA, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/a-joyous-easter-ihs-monogram-with-doves-hastings-ia-1910. Accessed November 13, 2026.
