A two-part comic postcard. The top half shows a person in dark winter clothing standing among heavily snow-covered trees, with printed text 'You may throw snowballs for me'; the bottom half shows an orange grove with two figures and ripe oranges, with printed text 'and I'll eat oranges for you.'
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
dear ferman i Dont
you a cart i did for
git you bot had non
so i think of you
now i hope your
are all rite your 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
write soon
from you annie
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
Addressed to
Mr ferman blavel
Mr ferman blavel
Postcard record
Condition
Fair
Notes
White 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 O. Newman Co. (Los Angeles / San Francisco) imprint, card no. AB 224. 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 scenes, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/comic-winter-and-orange-grove-scenes. Accessed October 5, 2026.
