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Comic rooster and hen with chicks, "I am laying for you", circa 1907

Subjects
Comics & HumorFarm Animals
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Comic rooster and hen with chicks, "I am laying for you", circa 1907, Alma Basinski, WA, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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Back of Comic rooster and hen with chicks, "I am laying for you", circa 1907, Alma Basinski, WA, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A two-colour comic illustration shows a strutting red rooster courting a red hen that sits on a nest of eggs surrounded by chicks, with a second hen and a picket fence drawn in blue behind them. The printed red slogan "I am laying for you" puns on the hen's egg-laying and on the rooster's amorous intentions, a style of humorous courtship card popular in the early 1900s. Such penny comic cards were commonly mailed for a few cents and often carried the sender's message on the picture side before divided backs became standard.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Gil 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 him mother & Father with best love. Walter & Jak

PublisherThe Stein Co.
I am laying for you. --- Post Card THIS SIDE IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ADDRESS. TWO CENTS THE STEIN CO. PUBLISHERS, IMPORTERS, JOBBERS, CHICAGO, ILL.
PostmarkedTacoma, WA, February 20, 1906
Stamp
Addressed to
Alma Basinski

So. 7th St., Tacoma, WA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Tacoma, WA
PublisherThe Stein Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedAlma Basinski, So. 7th St., Tacoma, WA
PublisherThe Stein Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesMessage handwritten in ink across the front; a small sign reading "HELLO" 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., Chicago) — not government stock. Green 2-cent Washington stamp; light wear and a small crease at right edge.

Cite this card

Comic rooster and hen with chicks, "I am laying for you", circa 1907, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-rooster-and-hen-with-chicks-i-am-laying-for-you-circa. Accessed October 24, 2026.