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Embossed holly and horseshoe Christmas greeting, circa 1910

Subjects
Christmas & SantaNovelty & Mechanical Cards
Card type
Novelty
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Embossed holly and horseshoe Christmas greeting, circa 1910, Amalia Wahler, PA, USA, c. 1907 novelty postcard
Front
Back of Embossed holly and horseshoe Christmas greeting, circa 1910, Amalia Wahler, PA, USA, c. 1907 novelty postcard
Back

About this postcard

A deeply die-pressed Christmas card shows a brown horseshoe framing a small snow-covered church with a blue roof and steeple, surrounded by sprays of blue-green holly leaves and clusters of red berries, with a crescent moon and stars in the upper left. The greeting 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' is embossed in the lower right corner. Horseshoes and holly were standard good-luck and evergreen motifs on early twentieth-century holiday postcards, and the deep relief pressing marks this as a novelty card rather than a flat-printed lithograph.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

We got home O.K. but was pretty cold. Will come out on the 1.45 car and went back on the 4.14 so we didn't see him. Your Sister Eva.

PublisherH. G. Zimmerman & Co.
MERRY CHRISTMAS --- This side may have a message written upon it for POSTAGE IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. The right hand side must be reserved for stamp and address. Post Card THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE. STAMP HERE Published by H. G. Zimmerman & Co. Chicago
Addressed to
Amalia Wahler

Kreutztown, PA

Postcard record

PublisherH. G. Zimmerman & Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedAmalia Wahler, Kreutztown, PA
PublisherH. G. Zimmerman & Co., Chicago, IL
NotesDeep die-pressed relief with hand-colored accents; light soiling and edge wear; pencil name 'Eva' written at bottom center. No postmark or stamp present; divided-back embossed Christmas card published by H. G. Zimmerman & Co., Chicago. Pencil message on the left half; light edge wear and a few creases.

Cite this card

Embossed holly and horseshoe Christmas greeting, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/embossed-holly-and-horseshoe-christmas-greeting-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.