Two open blue cornflowers with red centers and two buds rise on gilded green stems against a cream ground, their petals and stems raised in embossed relief. Embossed floral cards were a popular novelty in the years around 1910, and many were made in Germany for the American market. The sender asks whether it rains much there, reports rain almost every day at home, and calls the flowers 'old maids flowers,' adding that they 'guess just as much as the brothers.'
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
began in a -
How are you?
ends well there -
Do you have much
rain there? Here it
rains almost every
day. This is old
maids flowers guess
just as much as the
brothers.
Deep die-pressed embossed relief with gilded stems; heavy foxing/spotting across the cream background; slight corner wear. Postmark: SOUTH BEND APR 28 9-AM 19[09] (year partly obscured by flag cancel, read as 1909). Divided back, embossed floral design, green 1¢ Franklin stamp, "Made in Germany" imprint at left edge; message written sideways in faint pencil, partly obscured by the embossed flowers, with legible portions including "How are you? ... Do you have much rain there? Here it rains almost every day. This is old maids flowers guess just as much as the brothers."
Cite this card
Embossed blue cornflowers, South Bend, IN, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/embossed-blue-cornflowers-south-bend-in-1909. Accessed November 3, 2026.
