A chromolithographed greeting card with a small landscape vignette at top: a blossoming tree branch overhanging a grassy bank, a stream or pond, a low building and two evergreens in the distance. Below the picture the word "GREETINGS" and a six-line verse are printed within a decorative ruled border.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Stroudsburg Pa. Dec. 27-1914.
My dear little Niece
Your nice present came
all O.K. Many, many thanks
I appreciate it very much. will
try & remember you when I
get - my soldier boys knitting
done, I got a fine photo of
him. We sent him a nice
box for Xmas, + I sent a
peck of chestnuts, our Xmas.
will be quiet, Hope you
all have a merry one +
a happy New Year. Am
so busy I fright - I wont have
time for a letter, we have
almost bare ground for it.
if it doesn't snow, Love from Auntie.
Aged cream stock, no white border; foxing and scattered blue ink stains, heaviest along the right edge; printed number G-109 at lower left.
Postmark: illegible (circular cancel over the stamps). Handwritten dateline 'Waltham, Mass. Dec. 27 - 1917'. Divided back; two 1c green Washington stamps; 'MADE IN U.S.A.' imprint at lower left; light soiling and edge wear.
Cite this card
Greetings card with landscape scene and verse, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/greetings-card-with-landscape-scene-and-verse. Accessed October 5, 2026.
