A birthday greeting design with sprays of lily of the valley tied with an orange ribbon around an inset view of a lakeside path lined with trees and a small sailboat. The printed caption reads "Birthday Greeting." The message reads "From your loving Mother Tilgen." Lily of the valley was a common early twentieth-century greeting-card motif, associated with sweetness and humility.
Embossed gilt accents and textured background; thin white border visible around the design. No postmark or stamp; pencil "1.7 Plm" dealer notation in the stamp box. Divided-back multilingual "Postkarte / Weltpostverein" card, Serie 193; English message in blue ink ("From your loving Mother / Tilgen"); light wear, embossed front texture.
Cite this card
Birthday greeting with lily of the valley, Berlin, NJ, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birthday-greeting-with-lily-of-the-valley-berlin-nj-circa-19. Accessed November 2, 2026.
