Chromolithograph Easter greeting showing a large yellow chick in a black top hat wearing a white bow tie cut from an eggshell, strutting on grass before three smaller chicks in hats huddled beside a wooden barrel. A brick wall with a metal downspout stands at the left under a blue sky.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Toulon Ill Apr 5-09
Star Corners
I have not heard from
you for quite a long
time. Hope you are all
well as this leaves
We are all pretty
well at present. Nothing
in particular doing
in and around Toulon
L.L.
No white border; full-bleed color litho. Scattered white specks and surface abrasion, light corner wear at lower left.
Postmark: TOULON APR 5 8 PM (year illegible). Divided back, 1¢ green Franklin stamp; blue-ink message written sideways along the left edge; light soiling and edge wear.
Cite this card
Comic Easter chick in top hat with eggshell bow tie, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-easter-chick-in-top-hat-with-eggshell-bow-tie-circa-19. Accessed October 5, 2026.
