Christmas card, snowy cottage in star frame, Lineville, IA, 1912

About this postcard

A Christmas greeting centers on a large six-pointed star outlined in gold and silver. Inside the star, a snow-covered cottage glows through red windows, with a bare tree and rail fence against a dark night sky. Snow-dusted spruce boughs and cones frame the star, and silver stars scatter across the tan background. The script greeting reads "With Best Christmas Wishes." Cecilia sent the card to Edith in Lineville, Iowa, in 1912, a little early for the holiday; the message is brief and partly illegible. Holiday postcards like this were a common way to keep in touch across small-town Iowa in the years before World War I.