A comic souvenir card built around a green pennant with red trim lettered "BURLINGTON, PA." The pennant points toward a halftone photograph of a young man and woman in a close embrace, framed by a red Greek-key border. The printed lines "They Do These Things in" and "Only on Long Acquaintance" carry the joke. The sender, Emma, worried the humor might land wrong, writing along the pennant edge, "I hope this awful card will not be an insult." Burlington is a small borough in Bradford County in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
I hope this awful card
will not be an insult
April 6, 1914
my Dear cousin
How you was I was
great. com
out this summ
Believe me will show
you a great time.
got letter and a picture
from O Alpha day or so
ago. have been very
busy. I am a poor
hand to write.
I still remain
Your cousin
Emma
Cream stock with visible foxing and staining; worn corners. Faint pencil notation along the top of the photo frame. Red Greek-key border around the halftone photo.
Postmark: BURLINGTON PA APR 7 12 M 1914. Divided-back private postcard with 1¢ Washington stamp; pencil message dated April 6, 1914; moderate toning and light soiling.
Cite this card
Comic souvenir pennant card, Burlington, PA, 1914, postcard, c. 1914. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-souvenir-pennant-card-burlington-pa-1914. Accessed November 2, 2026.
