Birthday postcard with embroidered carnations, Brooklyn, NY, 1918
- Card type
- Novelty
About this postcard
The design centers on an oval gold-embossed frame enclosing a fabric panel with three red carnations worked in embroidery or applique. Printed sprays of blue forget-me-nots flank the oval, and a small diamond inset shows a cottage in a meadow. Below, the verse reads 'A Happy Birthday' and 'Sunshine passes, shadows fall, my remembrance outlasts all.' The senders, Aloysius and Mary Gross, wrote that they were sorry not to be with the recipient that day. The card was mailed from Brooklyn in August 1918, near the end of the First World War. Embroidered floral panels were a familiar novelty in early-20th-century greeting postcards.
Postcard Details
Walton, NY
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Brooklyn, NY |
|---|---|
| Publisher | J P |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Mrs. M. K. Nichols, Walton, NY |
| Stamp | 10c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Embroidered/appliqued fabric panel set in gold-embossed frame; copyright mark "© J P 1917" at lower right; faint postmark ink along right edge; light edge wear and soiling. Postmark: BROOKLYN, N.Y. PRATT STA. AUG 23 7-PM 1918 — divided-back card with two 1-cent Washington stamps; heavy foxing/staining across the back, corners worn. |
Cite this card
Birthday postcard with embroidered carnations, Brooklyn, NY, 1918, postcard, c. 1918. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birthday-postcard-with-embroidered-carnations-brooklyn-ny-19. Accessed November 2, 2026.