A gnarled, bare tree stands beside a low bank of pink blossoms, with petals drifting across a pale blue-to-rose sky and a sandy slope in the foreground. The printed greeting "Birthday Greetings" appears at upper right. Aunt Lena Eaton wrote to Lillian Lessing with a short birthday wish, a typical family use of greeting postcards in the 1920s, when a printed card and a few handwritten lines were an easy way to mark an occasion.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Sherman N.Y. April 18th 1926
Dear Lillian
Best wishes for a
Happy Birthday and
many more to come
aunt Lena Eaton
Addressed to
Miss Lillian Lessing
Miss Lillian Lessing
Postcard record
Series
No. 3000
Condition
Good
Notes
Textured, slightly embossed surface; worn and rounded corners with light edge chipping; no white border; no publisher imprint visible on front, though a printed series number "No. 3000" appears. No postmark — card unmailed, stamp box empty, no cancellation. Divided-back 'POST-CARD.' stock with 'CORRESPONDENCE.' and 'ADDRESS.' headings on tan textured card; pencil message datelined Sherman N.Y. April 18th 1926, signed aunt Lena Eaton, addressed to Miss Lillian Lessing; dealer pencil price notation "PJC 1- 5 Jan" at top edge; light edge wear and corner scuffing.
Cite this card
Birthday Greetings postcard, blossoming tree, Sherman, NY, 1926, postcard, c. 1926. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birthday-greetings-postcard-blossoming-tree-sherman-ny-1926. Accessed November 2, 2026.
