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Comic couple with suitcase, 'Back again', Oneonta, NY, 1917

Subjects
Comics & HumorGeneral Greetings
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1917 (White Border)
Front of Comic couple with suitcase, 'Back again', Oneonta, NY, 1917, Mr. + Mrs. M. F. Nichols, NY, USA, c. 1917 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Comic couple with suitcase, 'Back again', Oneonta, NY, 1917, Mr. + Mrs. M. F. Nichols, NY, USA, c. 1917 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

A smiling young man in a dark suit, tie, and straw boater stands with his arm around a woman in a long white dress and hat. She waves with one raised hand, and a strapped suitcase sits at his feet against a rustic post in a green countryside setting. The printed line "Back again." gives the scene its joking tone. Sam and Mae sent the card to their parents in Walton, NY, with a brief family update: everyone was well except Sam, who had a cold, and they had looked for the recipients at the Binghamton and Cobleskill fairs. Comic postcards were a cheap, common way to keep in touch across distance in the 1910s, and the "Back again" line suits a note that announces the family is "still alive" and back in contact.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Sept 26, 17 Dear Father & Mother Just a line to let you know we are still alive. This leaves us all well except Sam has a bad cold. Hope you are both well. Looked for you up to the Fair, it was such nice weather, since you [illegible] the Binghamton & Cobleskill fairs to look for Sam in any time [illegible] went out 11.15 is real Saturday It is lovely weather With love from us all the children Sam & Mae

Back again.
PostmarkedOneonta, NY, September 27, 1917, 14:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. + Mrs. M. F. Nichols

P. O. Box Mallon, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked, Oneonta, NY
ConditionFair
Place addressedMr. + Mrs. M. F. Nichols, P. O. Box, Mallon, NY
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesHeavy dark speckling/spotting over the whole surface, worn and rounded corners, no white border; color is a tinted halftone-litho look. Postmark: ONEONTA SEP 27 2 30 PM 1917 N.Y. Divided-back "POST CARD" stock with 1¢ Washington stamp; message in purple ink; light toning, edge wear and a few foxing spots.

Cite this card

Comic couple with suitcase, 'Back again', Oneonta, NY, 1917, postcard, c. 1917. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-couple-with-suitcase-back-again-oneonta-ny-1917. Accessed November 2, 2026.