Birthday Greetings pansy card, Red Hill, PA, circa 1905
- Subject
- General Greetings
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1905 (Early)
About this postcard
A bouquet of pansies and lily of the valley is arranged over a small rectangular panel of warm orange-brown, with "Birthday Greetings" printed in glittery black lettering across the lower left. The pansy was a common motif on greeting cards, linked to remembrance and affectionate thoughts, and floral birthday cards of this kind were a staple of the early twentieth-century postcard boom, when inexpensive lithographed cards were exchanged for birthdays, holidays and everyday correspondence. This example was sent to Red Hill, Pennsylvania, and carries a brief message from Mother.
Postcard Details
Red Hill, PA
Postcard record
| Publisher | P.A.F. |
|---|---|
| Series | SERIE 2834 |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Katie Tillman, Red Hill, PA |
| Notes | Divided-back card; lettering and flower outlines are raised with applied glitter; light edge and corner wear; faint pencil initials (appear to read "A.M.C.") at bottom center of front, not a message; large pencil notation "1/9/06" in message half, possibly a date or inventory code. No postmark. Multilingual "Post card" heading (German, French, English, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Croatian/Serbian, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian) and a "P.F.B. / SERIE 2834" imprint at lower left; no stamp-box marks. Card is toned, soiled and foxed, with worn corners. |
Cite this card
Birthday Greetings pansy card, Red Hill, PA, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birthday-greetings-pansy-card-red-hill-pa-circa-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.