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, who waves with her raised hand; a strapped suitcase rests at his feet against a rustic post in a green countryside setting. The printed line "Back again." gives the scene its joking tone, typical of early twentieth-century comic greeting postcards sent to mark a return home or a resumed correspondence.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Sept 26, 17
Dear Father & Mother
Just a line to
let you know
and 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 11.45 yesterday
It is lovely weather
With love from us
all the children Sam & Mae
Heavy 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 waving farewell, "Back again", circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-couple-with-suitcase-waving-farewell-back-again-circa. Accessed October 24, 2026.
