A small spray of pale blue and white blossoms with slender green leaves is tied with a long blue ribbon against a plain tan-gold ground. The note on the card asks a schoolteacher in Edmeston, New York, whether she enjoys teaching school as well as she did "last winter school ma'am." The teasing tone fits the ordinary correspondence of the period, when postcards carried quick news and small talk between friends and neighbors. Teaching was one of the few professional roles open to women in rural communities at the time.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
I think I owe you
a card the same
as I do most every
nite. I often wonder
if you enjoy teach-
ing as well as you
with school-marms.
How about it? I think
I had rather be
[illegible] 27
Fine stippled gold-toned background; number 5275 printed in the lower right corner; slight corner and edge wear; no white border.
Postmark: [illegible] N.Y. 1911. Divided back with "THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE" / "FOR ADDRESS ONLY" panels; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light corner wear and toning.
Cite this card
Floral spray with blue ribbon, Edmeston, NY, 1911, postcard, c. 1911. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/floral-spray-with-blue-ribbon-edmeston-ny-1911. Accessed November 2, 2026.
