A red rooster struts before a red hen sitting on a nest of eggs, with chicks gathered around and a second hen and picket fence drawn in blue behind them. The printed line "I am laying for you!" puns on the hen's egg-laying and the rooster's courtship, a common joke in early 1900s comic postcards.
The sender's message is written across the picture side, as was usual before divided backs became standard.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
girl Bruse are best regards
HELLO ALMA
and when you
ever come east
will try are best to
give you a good time
Im Feest call on us last
Sunday. give our love to you
mother & Father with best love.
Walter & Jak
Message handwritten in ink across the front; a small sign reading "HELLO ALMA" is hand-drawn in blue ink over the printed design; narrow white border around the image. Postmark: TACOMA, WASH. FEB 20 1906 (6-AM). Undivided back with "THIS SIDE IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ADDRESS". Private publisher imprint (The Stein Co., Publishers, Importers, Jobbers, Chicago, Ill.), not government stock. Green 1-cent stamp; light wear and a small crease at right edge.
Cite this card
Comic rooster and hen, 'I am laying for you', Tacoma, WA, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-rooster-and-hen-i-am-laying-for-you-tacoma-wa-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.
