A young man and woman kiss in a dense bower of honeysuckle vines and pale yellow-white blossoms. The woman wears a striped dress with a lace collar and holds a spray of the vine; the man leans close beside her. The scene is a generic romantic vignette, the kind of floral-framed courtship image common on early twentieth-century greeting postcards. Honeysuckle carried associations of devoted affection and sweetness in the language of flowers, which made it a natural motif for a sentimental greeting.
Postcard Details
Message · English
Ella & Ruth
Dear [illegible]
I am [illegible]
Don't forget to [illegible]
this card [illegible]
mail this [illegible]
Chicago [illegible]
do [illegible] them all
Chipped and worn edges with rounded corners; textured, slightly embossed lithograph surface; narrow light border.
Cite this card
Couple kissing among honeysuckle vines, Chicago, IL, 1913, postcard, c. 1913. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/couple-kissing-among-honeysuckle-vines-chicago-il-1913. Accessed November 2, 2026.
