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Comic winter and orange grove card, Los Angeles, CA, circa 1907

Subjects
Comics & HumorFantasy & Composite Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Comic winter and orange grove card, Los Angeles, CA, circa 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Comic winter and orange grove card, Los Angeles, CA, circa 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A comic design pairs a snowy winter scene with an orange grove. In the upper panel, a figure in dark winter clothing stands among heavily snow-covered trees. Below, two figures stand in an orange grove with ripe fruit. The printed rhyme ties the panels together: "You may throw snowballs for me and I'll eat oranges for you." The joke turns on a familiar contrast between cold weather and warm citrus country. A pencil message from an aunt to Ferman Flave asks after Alice and little Harry and wishes she could walk in and see them all.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

dear ferman i Dont you a cart i did for git you but had non so i think of you now i hope your are all ror father to i wish i could walk in and see alice and little harry and you all i guess all big as i am this is all i can wright wright room from you awnt

Translation

dear ferman i don't [send] you a card i did for get you but had none so i think of you now i hope your are all right your father too i wish i could walk in and see alice and little harry and you all i guess all big as i am this is all i can write write soon from you annie

PublisherThe O. Newman Company
You may throw snowballs for me and I'll eat oranges for you.
Addressed to
Mr ferman flave

Mr ferman flave

Postcard record

PublisherThe O. Newman Company
SeriesAB 224 On the Road of a Thousand Wonders.
ConditionFair
NotesWhite border; color lithograph with visible halftone texture; bottom right corner has dark stain/tear. No postmark or stamp present. Divided-back color litho card with Van Ornum Colorprint Co. (Los Angeles) and O. Newman Co. (Los Angeles / San Francisco) imprints, card no. AB 224, series "On the Road of a Thousand Wonders." Pencil message written across the correspondence side. Heavy staining, edge wear and paper loss along right and bottom edges.

Cite this card

Comic winter and orange grove card, Los Angeles, CA, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-winter-and-orange-grove-card-los-angeles-ca-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.