Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr, winter village scene

Subject: Christmas & Santa
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr, winter village scene, Harlan & Jeane Elmore, MI, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

About this subject

Chromolithograph greeting card showing a snowy winter landscape framed by snow-laden pine branches. A small church with a steeple and a red-roofed house sit amid snow-covered pines under a pink-and-blue sunset sky, with holly sprigs and two pine cones in the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · German, in pen

Sendet Euch Bernhard & Else Niest Unsere Tochter Waltraud ist in Paris. Bis Juni 1962 was macht Bob? Herzliche Grüße Bernhard & Else Niest

Translation

Sends to you Bernhard & Else Niest Our daughter Waltraud is in Paris. Until June 1962 how is Bob doing? Heartfelt greetings Bernhard & Else Niest

PostmarkedHeidelberg

Addressed to

Harlan & Jeane Elmore

1937 Scotten Avenue, Detroit 9, Michigan, U.S.A.

FromBernhard & Else Wiest, Wiest Heidelberg, Augustastr. 4, Germany

Postcard record

Postmarked	Heidelberg
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Harlan & Jeane Elmore, 1937 Scotten Avenue, Detroit, MI
Place sent from	Bernhard & Else Wiest, Augustastr. 4, Heidelberg
Stamp	20c Lion, red
Notes	Gold-printed Gothic-script German greeting below the image; brown residue/staining at top and bottom edges, likely from album mounting. Postmark: HEIDELBERG (17a) [date illegible]. Divided-back card with white border; glossy color-litho Christmas greeting (front). German 20 Pf stamp, torn/soiled at top right. Minor edge wear and foxing.

Cite this card

Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr, winter village scene, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/frohe-weihnachten-und-ein-gutes-neues-jahr-winter-village-sc. Accessed October 5, 2026.