Embossed Christmas card, snow-laden pine, Chickasaw, IA, 1909
- Card type
- Novelty
About this postcard
A relief-embossed Christmas card shows a snow-covered pine beside a frozen pond or stream, with blue mountains behind and a rustic branch frame set with pine cones and snow-laden evergreen boughs. The greeting "A merry Christmas." is embossed in script across the sky. The card carried a holiday wish for Christmas and the New Year to Mrs. Elisabeth Ward in Chickasaw, Iowa. Deeply embossed holiday greetings like this were common in the early 20th century, when German and American lithographers produced cards with gilt and silvered highlights.
Postcard Details
c/o Rosa Paec[?] Chiriderset[?], IA
Postcard record
| Publisher | SL & CO |
|---|---|
| Condition | Very good |
| Place addressed | Mrs Elisabeth Ward, c/o Rosa Paec[?], Chiriderset[?], IA |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Deep die-pressed relief with gilded/silvered accents; slight edge and corner wear, light toning of the cream border. Postmark: illegible wavy machine cancel over the stamp (no readable town/date); the "Dec 25 1909" at the top of the message space is handwritten by the sender, not a postmark. Divided-back embossed Christmas card, "Made in Germany" (SL & CO) imprint, light soiling and album residue on corners. |
Cite this card
Embossed Christmas card, snow-laden pine, Chickasaw, IA, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/embossed-christmas-card-snow-laden-pine-chickasaw-ia-1909. Accessed November 13, 2026.