But He Breaks Her Gentle Heart, While Down the Stream They Float, Semi-Photo Song Series

Subject: Boating & Canoeing
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1908 (Golden Age)

Back of But He Breaks Her Gentle Heart, While Down the Stream They Float, Semi-Photo Song Series, Mrs Mattie Hill, VA, USA, c. 1908 printed photo postcard — Back

About this subject

Blue monochrome halftone view of a woman seated in a canoe while a man stands and poles the boat along a calm, tree-lined stream. Below the picture a line of sheet music and song lyrics is printed across the bottom of the card.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Have you seen 'L.D.B. Lately' Howdy do How are you. ever thing is loneley in Georgie. I am taking a hit a round the world Perry. B.

PostmarkedOctober 31, 1908, 18:00

Addressed to

Mrs Mattie Hill

Buchanan, Va., c/o R.F.D. Box 13

Postcard record

Postmarked	October 31, 1908, 18:00
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs Mattie Hill, c/o R.F.D. Box 13, Buchanan, VA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
Notes	White border around the image; blue-tinted halftone print with visible dot screen; printed musical staff and lyric line at bottom; short handwritten note in ink across the music area; undivided-back era stock. Postmark: [illegible] GA OCT 31 6-PM 1908. Divided-back semi-photo song card, copyright 1908; light edge wear and album residue, stamp partly torn at right.

Cite this card

But He Breaks Her Gentle Heart, While Down the Stream They Float, Semi-Photo Song Series, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/but-he-breaks-her-gentle-heart-while-down-the-stream-they-fl. Accessed October 5, 2026.