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Greetings postcard with verse, Oak Vale, VA, 1917

Subject
General Greetings
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1917 (White Border)
Front of Greetings postcard with verse, Oak Vale, VA, 1917, Miss Lolita Gleason, VA, USA, c. 1917 lithograph postcard
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Back of Greetings postcard with verse, Oak Vale, VA, 1917, Miss Lolita Gleason, VA, USA, c. 1917 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A small landscape vignette shows a blossoming branch over a grassy bank, a stream or pond, and a low building with two evergreens in the distance. Below it, the printed word GREETINGS heads a six-line verse wishing the recipient lasting happiness and joy shared with friends. The card carries a personal Christmas-time message from an aunt to her niece. Auntie thanks her for a present, says she will remember her once the knitting for her soldier boy is finished, and mentions a photo of him, a Christmas box, and a peck of chestnuts sent his way. She hopes the family has a merry Christmas and happy New Year and notes that the ground is still almost bare, with no snow yet. The knitting and parcel point to home-front routines in 1917, when families sent comforts and food to soldiers serving in the First World War.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Stroudsburg Pa. Dec. 27-1917. 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 tonight I won't have time for a letter, we have almost bare ground yet. if it doesn't snow, Love from Auntie.

GREETINGS I hope that you'll always be happy and gay Then joys reflected a- long your bright way Will reach all the friends you meet every day. --- POST CARD. CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS MADE IN U.S.A.
StampStamp
Addressed to
Miss Lolita Gleason

Oak Vale, VA

Postcard record

SeriesG-109
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Lolita Gleason, Oak Vale, VA
receivedPA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesAged cream stock, no white border; foxing and scattered blue ink stains, heaviest along the right edge; printed number G-109 at lower left of front. Postmark: circular cancel over the stamps, largely illegible (Pa., Dec. 1917). Handwritten dateline 'Stroudsburg Pa. Dec. 27-1917'. Divided back; two 1c green Washington stamps; 'MADE IN U.S.A.' imprint at lower left of back; light soiling and edge wear.

Cite this card

Greetings postcard with verse, Oak Vale, VA, 1917, postcard, c. 1917. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/greetings-postcard-with-verse-oak-vale-va-1917. Accessed November 2, 2026.