Christmas holly and bells with verse, Leon, IA, 1909

Subjects: Christmas & Santa General Greetings
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1909 (Golden Age)

Back of Christmas holly and bells with verse, Leon, IA, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A sprig of holly with red berries and three silver bells hangs against a pale, textured ground above a printed verse: "Christmas chimes recall old Times and sweetly stir the heart." The lines tie the bells pictured on the card to the ringing in of the holiday season. The card carries a June 1909 message from Leon, Iowa, in which Emma tells her Aunt Lib that she meant to send her Christmas cards on time but never got them ready, so she is sending them now. She forwards one card for Robert and one for herself, asks after everyone at home, and wonders when her aunt will come down to see "ma." Holiday postcards were cheap and quick to send, and a card bought for December could be set aside and mailed months later without much ceremony.

Postcard Details

Message · English

Leon Iowa Jun 6. 1909 Dear Aunt Lib I Sent the cards to send you for Xmas but did not have time to get them ready so I will send them now will be just as well I am sending this one for Robert and will send the other one for me hope you are all well I wrote you some time ago but havent heard from you since how, is every body at home yet write y[?] all the news and let us no how you ar[?] when do you think you will come down I thoght you would. be down to see ma befor[?] this will thi[?] is all I can writ on this card. This side for the Address only as ever love from Emma a[?]

Addressed to

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Postcard record

Condition	Good
Place mentioned	Leon, IA
Notes	Embossed/textured background with gold-printed lettering; artist signature at lower left (partly legible); light corner and edge wear; divided-back era. No postmark or stamp affixed (printed stamp box: "Place Stamp Here / Domestic One cent / Foreign two cents"). Divided-back "POST CARD" ("This Space For Writing Messages" / "This side for the Address only"), pencil message datelined Leon Iowa Jun 6 1909; publisher's mark "PRINTED IN GERMANY." along left edge; light soiling and corner wear.

Cite this card

Christmas holly and bells with verse, Leon, IA, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/christmas-holly-and-bells-with-verse-leon-ia-1909. Accessed November 13, 2026.