Easter greeting with cross and lilies, Walton, NY, circa 1910

Subjects: Christianity Easter
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1910 (Golden Age)

Back of Easter greeting with cross and lilies, Walton, NY, circa 1910, Bola Franel, NY, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

An Easter greeting card shows a gold cross among white lilies and pink violets against a sunburst. The printed greeting reads "WELCOME EASTER TIDE" and follows with a verse that begins "On the third morn He rose again" and closes with an Alleluia. The cross and the Easter lily were standard resurrection symbols on early twentieth-century Easter cards, and the verse keeps the card's message on the risen Christ. The handwritten note on the back turns to practical matters, saying things are settled until fall, inviting the recipient to come up some Saturday, and mentioning Batavia.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

the first time that I can't come. A good many happy returns of the day [illegible] Dear [illegible] we have settled for the present untill fall till I find something that suits me we all to work can't you come up some Saturday & help home any day & in arnold[?] & Batavia

PostmarkedNY

Addressed to

Bola Franel

Walton, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked	NY
Series	603
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Bola Franel, Walton, NY
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1932, perforated on all sides
Notes	Embossed gold accents on the cross and illuminated initial; printed Easter verse; heavy foxing/staining, worn corners, and edge wear; no white border; printed series number 603 at lower left. Postmark: APR 14 N Y, with wavy-line cancellation bars extending right across the stamp; only the date and state are legible. Divided-back era (1907 onward); pencil message written sideways on the correspondence side, partly legible ('the first time that I can't come... A good many happy returns of the day' and 'Dear... order we have settled for the present untill fall...'), with faint diagonal penciled lines in the upper-left corner, mostly unreadable; light toning and edge wear, embossed floral relief visible on the address half.

Cite this card

Easter greeting with cross and lilies, Walton, NY, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/easter-greeting-with-cross-and-lilies-walton-ny-circa-1910. Accessed November 3, 2026.